ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 vs ATI Radeon 9550 XT
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Broadway | RV350 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Broadway XT (216-0769008) | RV350 XT |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Rage 8 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 130 nm |
| Number of transistors | 1,040 million | 60 million |
| Die size | 166 mm² | 76 mm² |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Jan 7th, 2010 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Manhattan (Mobility HD 5800) | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | — |
| Reviews | 2 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | M9x | — |
| Successor | Vancouver | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 700 MHz | 425 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 1000 MHz 4 Gbps effective | 325 MHz 650 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 1024 MB | 128 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | DDR |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 64.00 GB/s | 10.40 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 800 | — |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 40 | 4 |
| ROPs | 16 | 4 |
| Compute units | 10 | — |
| Cache L1 | 8 KB (per CU) | — |
| Cache L2 | 256 KB | — |
| Pixel shaders | — | 4 |
| Vertex shaders | — | 2 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 11.20 GPixel/s | 1.700 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 28.00 GTexel/s | 1.700 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 1,120 GFLOPS | — |
| Vertex rate | — | 212.5 MVertices/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | MXM Module | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 50 W | unknown |
| Outputs | No outputs | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video |
| Suggested PSU | — | 200 W |
| Power connectors | — | None |
| Board number | — | A198 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 9.0 (9_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 2.0 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 5.0 | — |
| Pixel shader | — | 2.0 |
| Vertex shader | — | 2.0 |
Other Features
Graphics Card
| Release date | — | May 4th, 2005 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | Radeon R300 |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | AGP 8x |
| Reviews | — | 7 in our database |
| Predecessor | — | Radeon R200 |
| Successor | — | Radeon R400 AGP |
