Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition vs Radeon HD 6870 1600SP Edition
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition |
Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6870 1600SP Edition |
53 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition . |
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition | | Radeon HD 6870 1600SP Edition | |
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GPU Name | Cypress (Cypress XT) | vs | Cypress (Cypress XT) |
Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 40 nm |
Die Size | 334 mm² | vs | 334 mm² |
Transistors | 2,154 million | vs | 2,154 million |
Shaders | 1600 | vs | 1600 |
Compute Units | 20 | vs | 20 |
Core clock | 850 MHz | vs | 850 MHz |
ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
TMUs | 80 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition | | Radeon HD 6870 1600SP Edition | |
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Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
Memory Speed | 1195 MHz
4780 MHz effective | vs | 1050 MHz
4200 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition | | Radeon HD 6870 1600SP Edition | |
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TDP | 228 watts | vs | 175 watts |
Release Date | 30 Jun 2010 | vs | 14 Jan 2013 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better