ATI Radeon HD 5870

The ATI Radeon HD 5870 is a graphics card designed to provide high performance gaming and multimedia capabilities. Boasting a base clock speed of 850 MHz, 1600 Cuda cores and a memory clock speed of 1200 MHz, this card offers plenty of power. With 1GB of GDDR5 memory, a 256-bit memory bus also the effective memory clock speed of 4800 MHz, the card offers an impressive 154 GB/s of bandwidth. Additionally, the Radeon HD 5870 supports DirectX 11, OpenGL 4.2, OpenCL 1.2 and a 40nm process size. Measuring 282mm x 120mm and with a TDP of 294W, this card is compatible with PCI Express 2.0.

ATI Radeon HD 5870 – specs

Clock speeds
Base clock speed:850MHz
Boost clock speed:no data
Memory clock speed:1200MHz
Effective memory clock speed:4800MHz
Memory
Memory size:1GB
Memory type:GDDR5
Memory Bus:256bit
Bandwidth:154 GB/s
Graphics features
DirectX:11
OpenGL:4.2
OpenCL:1.2
Card details
Process size:40 nm
Cuda cores:1600
TDP:294W
Width:282mm
Height:120mm
PCI Express version:2

ATI Radeon HD 5870 - FAQ

Is ATI Radeon HD 5870 graphics good for gaming?


The ATI Radeon HD 5870 has a base clock speed of 850MHz and a boost clock speed of 1200MHz, along with 1600 cuda cores and 1GB of GDDR5 memory running at 4800MHz with a 256bit memory bus, providing a bandwidth of 154GB/s. This card is capable of running most games on average settings, but may struggle with the highest settings of newer games.

What is the equivalent of the ATI Radeon HD 5870?


The ATI Radeon HD 5870 card offers performance comparable to the EVGA GeForce GTX 570 Superclocked card.

How many watts does the ATI Radeon HD 5870 use?


The ATI Radeon HD 5870 at its peak consumes around 294 watts.

How many GBs of RAM does the ATI Radeon HD 5870 have?


The ATI Radeon HD 5870 has 1GB of RAM.

How many CUDA cores does the ATI Radeon HD 5870 have?


The ATI Radeon HD 5870 is equipped with 1600 CUDA cores.

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