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AMD · 2009

Radeon HD 5870 — 2 GB

Radeon HD 5870 — 2 GB: 2 GB GDDR5, 228 W, 1,600 Stream processors. Launched September 23, 2009 at $379.

Memory
2 GB
Power
228 W
Bus width
256 bit
Memory2 GB11 of 183 in Radeon HD
Power228 W11 of 157 by higher draw in Radeon HD
Stream processors1,60011 of 179 in Radeon HD
Launch price$37914 of 75 in Radeon HD

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Memory

Capacity
2 GB
Memory type
GDDR5
Bus width
256 bit
Memory clock
1,200 MHz
Bandwidth
153.6 GB/s

Compute

Stream processors
1,600
TMUs
80
ROPs
32
FP32
2,720 GFLOPS
FP64
544 GFLOPS
Pixel fill rate
27.2 GP/s
Texture fill rate
68 GT/s

Clocks

Base clock
850 MHz

Board

TDP
228 W
Bus interface
PCIe 2.1 x16
Form factor
desktop
Launch MSRP
379 USD

Physical

Codename
Cypress XT
Process
40 nm
Transistors
2.154 billion
Die size
334 mm²
Series
Radeon HD
Launch date
September 23, 2009

Not recorded by the source: generation, architecture, sm count and boost clock, or 1 further field.

Silicon, made visible

Die area is drawn against the largest recorded die in the catalog. Shader dots use a labeled, card-specific ratio so both early and modern GPUs remain legible.

334 mm² die · 1,600 shadersDie area drawn to scale against the catalog maximum of 1,540 square millimeters. Each dot = 16 shaders.334 mm² die · 1,600 shadersEach dot = 16 shadersDashed frame = largest catalog die (1,540 mm²)

Within its series, the Radeon HD 5870 ranks 8th of 121 for FP32 throughput and 11th of 183 for memory capacity. Its 228 W TDP is above the 75 W PCIe slot-power ceiling.

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