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AMD · 2009

Radeon HD 5870

The Radeon HD 5870 is a graphics card by AMD, released on September 23, 2009, based on the TeraScale 2 architecture.

The Radeon HD 5870 is a graphics card by AMD, released on September 23, 2009. It is built on the TeraScale 2 architecture and uses the Cypress XT GPU chip fabricated on a 40 nm process. The card features 1600 shading units, a base clock of 850 MHz, and 1 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 153.6 GB/s. It supports DirectX 11.0 and OpenGL 4.5, and connects via a PCIe 2.1 x16 interface. The board has a TDP of 188 W and was launched with an MSRP of 379 USD.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D Mark2,266
PassMark G2D Mark410
Geekbench 5 OpenCL1,531

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Specifications

Architecture unverified TeraScale 2
GPU chip unverified Cypress XT
Process node unverified 40 nm
Shading units1600
Base clock850 MHz
Memory size unverified 1 GB
Memory type unverified GDDR5
Memory bus unverified 256 bit
Memory bandwidth unverified 153.6 GB/s
Board power (TDP)188 W
Bus interface unverified PCIe 2.1 x16
DirectX support unverified 11.0
OpenGL support unverified 4.5
Release date unverified 2009-09-23
Release year unverified 2009
Launch MSRP unverified 379 USD