ATI Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 545
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Cypress | GF116 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Cypress XT (215-0735033) | — |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Fermi 2.0 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Number of transistors | 2,154 million | 1,170 million |
| Die size | 334 mm² | 238 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Mar 11th, 2010 | May 14th, 2011 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Evergreen | GeForce 500 |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Launch price | 479 USD | 149 USD |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 12 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | Radeon R700 | GeForce 400 |
| Successor | Northern Islands | GeForce 600 |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 850 MHz | 720 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 1200 MHz 4.8 Gbps effective | 800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1440 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 2 GB | 1536 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | DDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 192 bit |
| Bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | 38.40 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 1600 | 144 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 80 | 24 |
| ROPs | 32 | 16 |
| Compute units | 20 | — |
| Cache L1 | 8 KB (per CU) | 64 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | 512 KB | 384 KB |
| SM count | — | 3 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 27.20 GPixel/s | 4.320 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 68.00 GTexel/s | 17.28 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 2.720 TFLOPS | 414.7 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 544.0 GFLOPS (1:5) | 34.56 GFLOPS (1:12) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 280 mm 11 inches | 145 mm 5.7 inches |
| Width | 111 mm 4.4 inches | — |
| Height | 37 mm 1.5 inches | — |
| TDP | 228 W | 70 W |
| Suggested PSU | 550 W | 250 W |
| Outputs | 6x mini-DisplayPort | 1x DVI1x HDMI1x VGA |
| Power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | None |
| Board number | C004-37 | P1062 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 (11_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| CUDA | — | 2.1 |
