FirePro S10000 vs Radeon HD 5870

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro S10000 and Radeon HD 5870, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro S10000 stacks up against Radeon HD 5870, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FirePro S10000 Radeon HD 5870
Power consumption (TDP) 750 Watt 188 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • FirePro S10000 has 298% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 5870.
  • FirePro S10000 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 5870 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro S10000 has 5 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 5870.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro S10000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 5870 - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 5870 is 25 MHz higher, than FirePro S10000.
  • FirePro S10000 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 5870 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • FirePro S10000 is 23 mm longer, than Radeon HD 5870.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro S10000 is 200 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5870.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 10−12
ultra / 1080p 21−24 6−7
QHD / 1440p 16−18 1−2
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 24−27
medium / 1080p 40−45 14−16
The average gaming FPS of FirePro S10000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 227% more, than Radeon HD 5870.

Full Specs

  FirePro S10000 Radeon HD 5870
Architecture GCN 1.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Tahiti Cypress
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 12 November 2012 23 September 2009
Pipelines 4096 1600
Core clock speed 825 MHz 850 MHz
Boost Clock 950 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 106.4 68.00
Floating-point performance 2x 3,405 gflops 2,720.0 gflops
Length 305 mm 282 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 480 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_1) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 383 Mh/s
Form factor full height / full length
Dual-link DVI support +
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