GRID K2 vs Radeon HD 5870

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GRID K2 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 GRID K2 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

  GRID K2 Radeon HD 5870
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 188 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • GRID K2 has 19% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 5870.
  • GRID K2 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 5870 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GRID K2 has 3 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 5870.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GRID K2 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 5870 - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 5870 is 105 MHz higher, than GRID K2.
  • GRID K2 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 5870 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 5870 is 15 mm longer, than GRID K2.
  • Memory clock speed of GRID K2 is 200 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5870.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 10−12
ultra / 1080p 9−10 6−7
QHD / 1440p 4−5 1−2
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 30−35 24−27
medium / 1080p 20−22 14−16
The average gaming FPS of GRID K2 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 45% more, than Radeon HD 5870.

Full Specs

  GRID K2 Radeon HD 5870
Architecture Kepler TeraScale 2
Code name GK104 Cypress
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 11 May 2013 23 September 2009
Pipelines 1536 1600
Core clock speed 745 MHz 850 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 95.36 68.00
Floating-point performance 2x 2,289 gflops 2,720.0 gflops
Length 267 mm 282 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 114 Mh/s
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