Radeon HD 7670M Rebrand vs ATI HD 5870
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 596 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.60 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 2.13 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | Cypress | Whistler |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 23 September 2009 (15 years ago) | 1 July 2012 (12 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $399 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 cores | 1600 | 480 |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2,154 million | 716 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 188 Watt | 20 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 68.00 | 14.40 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.72 TFLOPS | 0.576 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 16 |
| TMUs | 80 | 24 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 282 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | no data |
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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1200 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | 28.8 GB/s |
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 Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | No outputs |
| HDMI | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 23 September 2009 | 1 July 2012 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 188 Watt | 20 Watt |
HD 7670M Rebrand has an age advantage of 2 years, and 840% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon HD 7670M Rebrand. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 5870 is a desktop card while Radeon HD 7670M Rebrand is a notebook one.
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