FirePro V5900 vs Radeon HD 5870

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro V5900 and Radeon HD 5870. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between FirePro V5900 and Radeon HD 5870. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  FirePro V5900 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 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 5870 has 150% more power consumption, than FirePro V5900.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro V5900 has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 5870.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro V5900 is build with TeraScale 3 architecture, and Radeon HD 5870 - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 5870 is 250 MHz higher, than FirePro V5900.
  • FirePro V5900 and Radeon HD 5870 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 5870 is 52 mm longer, than FirePro V5900.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 5870 is 2800 MHz higher, than FirePro V5900.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 10−12
ultra / 1080p 2−3 6−7
QHD / 1440p 1−2 1−2
low / 720p 14−16 24−27
medium / 1080p 7−8 14−16
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 83% more, than FirePro V5900.

Full Specs

  FirePro V5900 Radeon HD 5870
Architecture TeraScale 3 TeraScale 2
Code name Cayman Cypress
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 24 May 2011 23 September 2009
Pipelines 512 1600
Core clock speed 600 MHz 850 MHz
Transistor count 2,640 million 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 19.20 68.00
Floating-point performance 614.4 gflops 2,720.0 gflops
Length 230 mm 282 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 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) 66 Mh/s
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