ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 vs NVIDIA Quadro Plex 1000 Model II
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Broadway | G70 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Broadway XT (216-0769008) | — |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Curie |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 110 nm |
| Number of transistors | 1,040 million | 302 million |
| Die size | 166 mm² | 333 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 | 470 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 1000 MHz 4 Gbps effective | 525 MHz 1050 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 470 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 1024 MB | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 64.00 GB/s | 33.60 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 800 | — |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 40 | 24 |
| ROPs | 16 | 16 |
| Compute units | 10 | — |
| Cache L1 | 8 KB (per CU) | — |
| Cache L2 | 256 KB | — |
| Pixel shaders | — | 24 |
| Vertex shaders | — | 8 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 11.20 GPixel/s | 7.520 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 28.00 GTexel/s | 11.28 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 1,120 GFLOPS | — |
| Vertex rate | — | 940.0 MVertices/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | MXM Module | — |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 50 W | 640 W |
| Outputs | No outputs | No outputs |
| Length | — | 522 mm 20.6 inches |
| Suggested PSU | — | 1000 W |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 9.0c (9_3) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 5.0 | 3.0 |
Other Features
Graphics Card
| Release date | — | Jul 25th, 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | Quadro Plex |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Reviews | — | 26 in our database |