Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K) vs Radeon HD 5870
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K) |
173 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 5870 . |
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 5870 |
Around 98% higher average synthetic performance. |
Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon HD 5870
The Radeon HD 5870 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K) | | Radeon HD 5870 | |
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GPU Name | Spectre () | vs | Cypress (Cypress XT) |
Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 40 nm |
Die Size | 245 mm² | vs | 334 mm² |
Transistors | 2,410 million | vs | 2,154 million |
Shaders | 512 | vs | 1600 |
Compute Units | 8 | vs | 20 |
Core clock | 720 MHz | vs | 850 MHz |
ROPs | 8 | vs | 32 |
TMUs | 32 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K) | | Radeon HD 5870 | |
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Memory Type | System Shared | vs | GDDR5 |
Bus Width | System Shared | vs | 256 bit |
Memory Speed | System Shared | vs | 1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 0 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K) | | Radeon HD 5870 | |
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TDP | 15 watts | vs | 188 watts |
Release Date | 11 Jan 2014 | vs | 23 Sep 2009 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better
Points (higher is better)