FirePro V4900 vs Radeon HD 5870

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro V4900 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 V4900 stacks up against Radeon HD 5870, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FirePro V4900 Radeon HD 5870
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 188 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 5870 has 150% more power consumption, than FirePro V4900.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro V4900 and Radeon HD 5870 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro V4900 and Radeon HD 5870 are build with TeraScale 2 architecture.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 5870 is 50 MHz higher, than FirePro V4900.
  • FirePro V4900 and Radeon HD 5870 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 5870 is 119 mm longer, than FirePro V4900.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 5870 is 800 MHz higher, than FirePro V4900.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 10−12
ultra / 1080p 1−2 6−7
QHD / 1440p 0−1 1−2
low / 720p 12−14 24−27
medium / 1080p 4−5 14−16
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 180% more, than FirePro V4900.

Full Specs

  FirePro V4900 Radeon HD 5870
Architecture TeraScale 2 TeraScale 2
Code name Turks Cypress
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 1 November 2011 23 September 2009
Pipelines 480 1600
Core clock speed 800 MHz 850 MHz
Transistor count 716 million 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 19.20 68.00
Floating-point performance 768.0 gflops 2,720.0 gflops
Length 163 mm 282 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.0
OpenGL 4.4 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan N/A N/A
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 73 Mh/s
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