ATI Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 Graphics Card

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Overview
Manufacturer
AMD
Original Series
Radeon HD 5000
Release Date
March 11th, 2010
Launch Price
$479
PCB Code
109-C00437-00
Board Model
AMD C004
Graphics Processing Unit
GPU Model
Cypress XT (Cypress)
Architecture
VLIW5 TeraScale 2
Fabrication Process
40 nm
Die Size
334 mm2
Transistors Count
2.2B
Transistors Density
6.4M TRAN/mm2
Stream Cores
1600
Thread Processors
80
SIMD Engines
20
TMUs
80
ROPs
32
Clocks
Base Clock
850 MHz
Boost Clock
TBC MHz
Memory Clock
1200 MHz
Effective Memory Clock
4800 Mbps
Memory Configuration
Memory Size
2048 MB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Bus Width
256-bit
Memory Bandwidth
153.6 GB/s

Physical
Interface
PCI-Express 2.0 x16
Width
11.2 cm
Length
28.2 cm
Height
2-slot
Power Connectors
1× 8-pin, 1× 6-pin
TDP/TBP
228 W
Recommended PSU
600 W
Multi-GPU Support
4-way
Display Outputs
miniDisplayPort
6 ×
API Support
DirectX
11.0
Vulkan
-
OpenGL
4.4
OpenCL
1.2

Performance
Pixel Fillrate
27.2 GPixels/s
Texture Fillrate
68 GTexel/s
Peak FP32
2.7 TFLOPS
FP32 Perf. per Watt
11.9 GFLOPS/W
FP32 Perf. per mm2
8.1 GFLOPS/mm2




  Model nameBoostMemoryPowerCustom SeriesPopularity
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HIS HD 5870 2GB Eyefinity 6
H587F2G6D
1× 8-pin, 1× 6-pin
 
100%
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KUROUTOSHIKOU HD 5870 2GB
RH5870-E2G/M-6DP
1× 8-pin, 1× 6-pin
 
43%
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MSI HD 5870 2GB EYEFINITY 6
R5870 EYEFINITY 6
1× 8-pin, 1× 6-pin
 
73%
 ModelCoresBoost ClockMemory ClockMemory Config.
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ATI Radeon HD 5970
 
3200
-
 
4 Gbps
 
4 GB GD5 256b
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ATI Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6
 
1600
-
 
4.8 Gbps
 
2 GB GD5 256b
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ATI Radeon HD 5870
 
1600
-
 
4.8 Gbps
 
1 GB GD5 256b
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ATI Radeon HD 5850
 
1440
-
 
4 Gbps
 
1 GB GD5 256b
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ATI Radeon HD 5830
 
1120
-
 
4 Gbps
 
1 GB GD5 256b
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ATI Radeon HD 5770
 
800
-
 
4.8 Gbps
 
1 GB GD5 128b
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ATI Radeon HD 5750
 
720
-
 
4.6 Gbps
 
1 GB GD5 128b
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ATI Radeon HD 5670
 
400
-
 
4 Gbps
 
1 GB GD5 128b
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ATI Radeon HD 5570
 
400
-
 
1.6 Gbps
 
1 GB GD3 128b
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ATI Radeon HD 5630
 
320
-
 
780 Mbps
 
1 GB GD3 128b
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ATI Radeon HD 5550
 
320
-
 
3.2 Gbps
 
512 MB GD5 128b
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ATI Radeon HD 5450 1GB
 
80
-
 
1.6 Gbps
 
1 GB D3 64b
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ATI Radeon HD 5450 512MB
 
80
-
 
1.6 Gbps
 
512 MB D2 64b
 ModelCoresBoost ClockMemory ClockMemory Config.
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ATI Radeon HD 5970
 
3200
-
 
4 GB/s
 
4 GB GD5 256b
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ATI Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6
 
1600
-
 
4.8 GB/s
 
2 GB GD5 256b
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AMD Radeon HD 6870 (1600 Cores)
 
1600
-
 
4.8 GB/s
 
1 GB GD5 256b
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ATI Radeon HD 5870
 
1600
-
 
4.8 GB/s
 
1 GB GD5 256b
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AMD Radeon HD 6850 (1440 Cores)
 
1440
-
 
4 GB/s
 
1 GB GD5 256b
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ATI Radeon HD 5850
 
1440
-
 
4 GB/s
 
1 GB GD5 256b
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ATI Radeon HD 5830
 
1120
-
 
4 GB/s
 
1 GB GD5 256b

Specifications

ATI Radeon™ HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition Graphics Feature Summary

  • 2.15 billion 40nm transistors
  • TeraScale 2 Unified Processing Architecture
    • 1600 Stream Processing Units
    • 80 Texture Units
    • 128 Z/Stencil ROP Units
    • 32 Color ROP Units
  • GDDR5 interface with 153.6 GB/sec of memory bandwidth
  • PCI Express 2.1 x16 bus interface
  • DirectX® 11 support
    • Shader Model 5.0
    • DirectCompute 11
    • Programmable hardware tessellation unit
    • Accelerated multi-threading
    • HDR texture compression
    • Order-independent transparency
    • OpenGL 3.2 support
  • Image quality enhancement technology
    • Up to 24x multi-sample and super-sample anti-aliasing modes
    • Adaptive anti-aliasing
    • 16x angle independent anisotropic texture filtering
    • 128-bit floating point HDR rendering
  • ATI Eyefinity multi-display technology1
    • Six independent display controllers
      • Drive up to six displays simultaneously with independent resolutions, refresh rates, color controls, and video overlays
    • Display grouping1
      • Combine multiple displays to behave like a single large display4
    • Bezel Compensation6
  • ATI Stream acceleration technology
    • OpenCL 1.0 compliant7
    • DirectCompute 11
    • Double precision floating point processing support
    • Accelerated video encoding, transcoding, and upscaling5,8
      • Native support for common video encoding instructions
  • ATI CrossFireX™ multi-GPU technology9
    • Dual, triple, and quad GPU scaling
    • Dual-channel bridge interconnect
  • ATI Avivo HD Video & Display technology10
    • UVD 2 dedicated video playback accelerator
    • Advanced post-processing and scaling11
    • Dynamic contrast enhancement and color correction
    • Brighter whites processing (blue stretch)
    • Independent video gamma control
    • Dynamic video range control
    • Support for H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2 and Adobe Flash12
    • Dual-stream 1080p playback support13,14
    • DXVA 1.0 & 2.0 support
    • Integrated dual-link DVI output with HDCP15
      • Max resolution: 2560×160016
    • Integrated DisplayPort output
      • Max resolution: 2560×160016
    • HDMI® (With 3D, Deep Color and x.v.Color™)
      • Max resolution: 1920×120016
    • Integrated VGA output
      • Max resolution: 2048×153616
    • 3D stereoscopic display/glasses support17
    • Integrated HD audio controller
      • Output protected high bit rate 7.1 channel surround sound over HDMI with no additional cables required
      • Supports AC-3, AAC, Dolby TrueHD and DTS Master Audio formats
  • ATI PowerPlay™ power management technology10
    • Dynamic power management with low power idle state
    • Ultra-low power state support for multi-GPU configurations
  • Certified drivers for Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP

Requirements

  • PCI Express® based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard
  • 600 Watt or greater power supply is recommended with one 75W 6-pin and one 150W 8-pin PCI Express® power connector required (900 Watt and 2 6-pin and 2 8-pin connectors for ATI CrossFireX™ technology in dual mode)
  • Certified power supplies are recommended. Refer to https://support.amd.com/us/certified/power-supplies/Pages/listing.aspx for a list of Certified products
  • Minimum 1GB of system memory
  • Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
  • DVD playback requires DVD drive
  • Blu-ray™ playback requires Blu-ray drive
  • For an ATI CrossFireX™ system, a second ATI Radeon™ HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition graphics card, an ATI CrossFireX Ready motherboard and one ATI CrossFireX Bridge Interconnect cable per graphics card (included) are required

Footnotes

  1. ATI Eyefinity technology works with games that support non-standard aspect ratios, which is required for panning across multiple displays. To enable more than two displays, additional panels with native DisplayPort™ connectors, and/or DisplayPort™ compliant active adapters to convert your monitor’s native input to your cards DisplayPort™ or Mini-DisplayPort™ connector(s), are required. ATI Eyefinity technology can support up to 6 displays using a single enabled ATI Radeon™ graphics card with Windows Vista or Windows 7 operating systems – the number of displays may vary by board design and you should confirm exact specifications with the applicable manufacturer before purchase. Systems using multiple ATI Radeon™ graphics cards can support a maximum of 8 displays (total across all cards in system) with a maximum 6 of those displays being used together in a display group (also known as a single large surface mode).
  2. HD capable monitor required.
  3. In tests AMD achieved an average 80.6 FPS in the game “Left4Dead 2” using a six screen configuration with one ATI Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition card, 80.6 x (1920 x 1080 x 6) = 1.002 billion pixels per second.
  4. For maximum ATI Eyefinity support with ATI Radeon™ HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition graphics and Windows 7, download the latest ATI Catalyst™ driver from www.amd.com.
  5. Requires application support for ATI Stream technology.
  6. Available in the March 2010 driver (Catalyst 10.3).
  7. OpenCL Driver support scheduled for release in 2010.
  8. Digital rights management restrictions may apply.
  9. ATI CrossFireX™ technology requires an ATI CrossFireX Ready motherboard, an ATI CrossFireX™ Bridge Interconnect (for each additional graphics card) and may require a specialized power supply.
  10. ATI PowerPlay™, ATI Avivo™ and ATI Stream are technology platforms that include a broad set of capabilities offered by certain ATI Radeon™ HD GPUs. Not all products have all features and full enablement of some capabilities and may require complementary products.
  11. Upscaling subject to available monitor resolution.
  12. Adobe Flash video acceleration and post-processing is supported for H.264-encoded content. Requires Adobe Flash Player 10.1 plug-in and Catalyst 9.11 or higher.
  13. Blu-ray or HD DVD drive and HD monitor required.
  14. Requires Blu-ray movie disc supporting dual 1080p streams.
  15. Playing HDCP content requires additional HDCP ready components, including but not limited to an HDCP ready monitor, Blu-ray or HD DVD disc drive, multimedia application and computer operating system.
  16. Some custom resolutions require user configuration.
  17. Requires 3D stereo drivers, glasses, and display.

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ATI Radeon™ HD5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition Graphics Card Wins Prestigious Popular Science 2010 Best of What’s New Award

AMD Eyefinity Technology revolutionized the PC visual experience

SUNNYVALE, Calif. —11/17/2010 

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that the ATI Radeon™ HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition graphics card, driving up to six monitors by way of the revolutionary AMD Eyefinity multi-display Technology, was selected as a 2010 winner of the Popular Science Best of What’s New Award.

“The ATI Radeon™ HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition graphics card opened the door to a new era in personal computing,” said Matt Skynner, corporate vice president and general manager of AMD Graphics Division. “The ATI Radeon™ HD5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition allowed PC users to experience the ultimate panoramic computing experience. By bridging the innovation in ATI Eyefinity technology with broad ecosystem support, AMD enabled higher levels of productivity and created a more immersive gaming experience for PC users.

While most PC’s require a second graphics card to drive more than two displays, AMD Eyefinity Technology marked a first for the graphics industry by enabling users to drive up to six monitors with a single graphics card. Additionally the six monitors can be configured as one single large surface or as multiple surfaces by creating groups of two or more monitors.

“For 23 years, Popular Science has honored the innovations that surprise and amaze us ? those that make a positive impact on our world today and challenge our views of what’s possible in the future.” said Mark Jannot, Editor-in-Chief of Popular Science. “The Best of What’s New Award is the magazine’s top honor, and the winners ? chosen from among thousands of entrants ? represent the highest level of achievement in their fields.”

This is another in a series of awards for AMD Eyefinity technology over the past year, including a Best of Innovations Award in the computer hardware category at CES 2010.

Since the launch of AMD Eyefinity Technology, the gaming and game development communities have embraced the immersive experience offered through multi-monitor gaming. AMD has continued to develop its End User Experience Program through AMD Eyefinity technology “Ready” and “Validated” guidelines. The AMD Eyefinity Validation and Ready testing process for hardware & software focuses on how end users utilize both hardware and software, and incorporates everything from signal integrity to engineering tests. With over 50 AMD Technology “ready” & “validated” game titles, and affordable AMD Eyefinity Active DP to SL-DVI adapters, multi-monitor gaming is fast becoming the preference among gamers and developers alike.

The ATI Radeon™ HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 graphics card six monitor support started a trend that has quickly waterfalled into even more affordable options in the AMD graphics family.1 The inclusion of two mini-DisplayPort 1.2 connectors in the newly launched AMD Radeon HD 6850 and HD 6870 graphics cards will allow up to three DisplayPort 1.2 monitors to run off each connector, meaning that these cards will have configurations of 3, 4, 5 and 6 display supports when monitors supporting DisplayPort 1.2 come to market next year.