FirePro M8900 vs Mobility Radeon HD 5870

FirePro M8900
Mobility Radeon HD 5870
2x 960 Shaders
2x 2GB GDDR5
680MHz
800 Shaders
1GB GDDR5
700MHz
FP32
2.61 TFLOPS
FP32
1.12 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
Soldered
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Form Factor
Soldered
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TDP
35W
TDP
50W
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
ATI
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
ATI
Architecture
TeraScale 2
Architecture
TeraScale 2
Family
FirePro M
Family
Radeon HD 5000
Codename
Barts
RV940
Variant
Blackcomb XT GLM
Codename
Juniper
RV840
Variant
Broadway XT
Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
4/12/2011
Release Date
1/7/2010
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
40nm
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Fabrication Node
40nm
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Die Size
2x 255 mm²
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Die Size
166 mm²
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Transistor Count
2x 1.7 Billion
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Transistor Count
1 Billion
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Transistor Density
6.67M/mm²
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Transistor Density
6.27M/mm²
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Form
Soldered
Form
Soldered
Shading Units
2x 960 Shaders
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Shading Units
800 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
2x 48 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
40 TMUs
Render Output Units
2x 32 ROPs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
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Compute Units
2x 12 CUs
Compute Units
10 CUs
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680MHz
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700MHz
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FP32
2.61 TFLOPS
FP32
1.12 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
21.76 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
11.2 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
32.64 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
28 GTexel/s
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L1
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8KB/CU
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L1
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8KB/CU
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L2
512KB Shared
L2
256KB Shared
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2x 2GB
GDDR5
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1GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
900MHz
Transfer Rate
3.6GT/s
Bandwidth
115.2GB/s
Clock
1000MHz
Transfer Rate
4GT/s
Bandwidth
64GB/s
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TDP
35W
TDP
50W
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No Ports
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No Ports
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
2
Multi Monitor Support
2
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No Encoders
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No Encoders
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Model
UVD 3.0
Model
UVD 2.2
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Codec
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
11
Direct 3D
11_0
Direct X
11
Direct 3D
11_0
OpenGL
4.5
OpenCL
1.2
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OpenGL
4.5
OpenCL
1.2
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Shader Model
5.0
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GFX
4
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Shader Model
5.0
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GFX
4
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Not a Card
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Not a Card
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PCIe Version
2.1
PCIe Lanes
16
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PCIe Version
2.1
PCIe Lanes
16
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