Playstation 5 Pro GPU vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking782not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.07no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameBroadwayViola
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2010 (14 years ago)7 November 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$699

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores8003840
Core clock speed700 MHz2180 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2350 MHz
Number of transistors1,040 million10,600 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt232 Watt
Texture fill rate28.00564.0
Floating-point processing power1.12 TFLOPS36.1 TFLOPS
ROPs1664
TMUs40240

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)no data
Lengthno data386 mm

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s448.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.2 (11_0)N/A
Shader Model5.0N/A
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.2
VulkanN/A1.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 January 2010 7 November 2024
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 232 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 5870 has 364% lower power consumption.

Playstation 5 Pro GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 900% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Playstation 5 Pro GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is a notebook card while Playstation 5 Pro GPU is a desktop one.


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