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    Radeon HD 5870 vs Radeon R6 Kaveri

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon R6 Kaveri, 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 Radeon HD 5870 stacks up against Radeon R6 Kaveri, check out specs charts below.
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    Radeon R6 Kaveri is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: Radeon R6 Kaveri is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon R6 Kaveri here:

    Radeon R6 Kaveri Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon HD 5870 Radeon R6 Kaveri
    Power consumption (TDP) 188 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
    Memory type GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
    Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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    • Radeon HD 5870 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R6 Kaveri - in Laptops.
    • Radeon HD 5870 is build with TeraScale 2 architecture, and Radeon R6 Kaveri - with GCN 1.1.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 5870 is 317 MHz higher, than Radeon R6 Kaveri.
    • Radeon HD 5870 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R6 Kaveri - by 28 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 10−12 0−1
    ultra / 1080p 6−7 −
    QHD / 1440p 1−2 0−1
    low / 720p 24−27 1−2
    medium / 1080p 14−16 0−1
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2400% more, than Radeon R6 Kaveri.

    Full Specs

      Radeon HD 5870 Radeon R6 Kaveri
    Architecture TeraScale 2 GCN 1.1
    Code name Cypress Kaveri
    Type Desktop Laptop
    Release date 23 September 2009 4 June 2014
    Pipelines 1600 384
    Core clock speed 850 MHz 533 MHz
    Boost Clock 654 MHz
    Transistor count 2,154 million 2410 Million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 68.00
    Floating-point performance 2,720.0 gflops
    Length 282 mm
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 64/128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 4800 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB/s
    Shared memory +
    DirectX 11.2 (11_0) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0), Shader 5.0
    Shader Model 5.0
    OpenGL 4.4
    OpenCL 1.2
    Vulkan N/A
    Laptop size medium sized
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