ATI Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition vs NVIDIA Quadro K5000
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Cypress | GK104 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Cypress XT (215-0735033) | — |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Kepler |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Number of transistors | 2,154 million | 3,540 million |
| Die size | 334 mm² | 294 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Jun 30th, 2010 | Aug 17th, 2012 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Evergreen | Quadro |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Launch price | 479 USD | 2,499 USD |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 171 in our database | 26 in our database |
| Predecessor | Radeon R700 | — |
| Successor | Northern Islands | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 850 MHz | 706 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 1195 MHz 4.8 Gbps effective | 1350 MHz 5.4 Gbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 1024 MB | 4 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 153.0 GB/s | 172.8 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 1600 | 1536 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 80 | 128 |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| Compute units | 20 | — |
| Cache L1 | 8 KB (per CU) | 16 KB (per SMX) |
| Cache L2 | 512 KB | 512 KB |
| SMX count | — | 8 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 27.20 GPixel/s | 22.59 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 68.00 GTexel/s | 90.37 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 2.720 TFLOPS | 2.169 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 544.0 GFLOPS (1:5) | 90.37 GFLOPS (1:24) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 279 mm 11 inches | 267 mm 10.5 inches |
| TDP | 228 W | 122 W |
| Suggested PSU | 550 W | 300 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI2x mini-DisplayPort | 2x DVI2x DisplayPort |
| Power connectors | 2x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin |
| Board number | C078 | P2004 |
| Width | — | 111 mm 4.4 inches |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 (11_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | — | 1.1 |
| Shader model | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| CUDA | — | 3.0 |
