Product Compare
ATI Radeon HD 5870 vs AMD Radeon HD 6930
| GPU | GPU | |
|---|---|---|
| Graphics Card | ||
| Release Date | Sep 2009 | Dec 2011 |
| Generation | Evergreen | Northern Islands |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Clock Speeds | ||
| Memory Clock | 1200 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| Memory | ||
| Memory Size | 1024MB | 1024MB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bus | 256bit | 256bit |
| Bandwidth | 153.6GB/s | 153.6GB/s |
| Render Config | ||
| Compute Units | 20 | 20 |
| Shading Units | 1600 | 1280 |
| TMUs | 80 | 80 |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| L1 Cache | 8 KB (per CU) | 8 KB (per CU) |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | 512 KB |
| Theoretical Performance | ||
| Pixel Rate | 27.20 GPixel/s | 24.00 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 68.00 GTexel/s | 60.00 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) | 2.720 TFLOPS | 1.920 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) | 544.0 GFLOPS | 480.0 GFLOPS |
| Graphics Processor | ||
| GPU Name | Cypress | Cayman |
| GPU Variant | Cypress XT(215-0735033) | Cayman CE(215-0807105) |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | TeraScale 3 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Process Size | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Transistors | 2.154 billion | 2.64 billion |
| Die Size | 334 mm² | 389 mm² |
| Board Design | ||
| TDP | 188W | 186W |
| Suggested PSU | 450 W | 450 W |
| Outputs | 2x DVI1x HDMI 1.3a1x DisplayPort 1.1 | 2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2 |
| Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin | 2x 6-pin |
| Graphics Features | ||
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.0 |