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Radeon HD 5870

Price and performance details for the Radeon HD 5870 can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the videocard compared to the 10 other common videocards in terms of PassMark G3D Mark.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the G3DMark per dollar.

Radeon HD 5870

Bus Interface: PCIe 2.1 x16

Max Memory Size: 2048 MB

Core Clock(s): 850,850 MHz

Memory Clock(s): 1200,1200 MHz

DirectX: 11

OpenGL: 4.4

Max TDP: 228 W

Videocard Category: Desktop

Other names: ATI Radeon HD 5870

Videocard First Benchmarked: 2012-08-18

G3DMark/Price: 5.14

Overall Rank:  912

Last Price Change:  $424.7 USD (2026-01-25)

Average G3D Mark
2181

Average G2D Mark: 424
Samples: 2642

Videocard Test Suite Average Results for Radeon HD 5870

DirectX 952 Frames/Sec
DirectX 1016 Frames/Sec
DirectX 1114 Frames/Sec
DirectX 120 Frames/Sec
GPU Compute1054 Ops/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest as of 15th of March 2026.

G3D Mark Distribution for Radeon HD 5870

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 14th of November 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of November 2025.

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Pricing History

G3D Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop Videocards
As of 16th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 3080
 25,034
GeForce RTX 3070
 22,129
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 20,275
GeForce RTX 4060
 19,528
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 16,746
GeForce RTX 2060
 14,099
GeForce GTX 1650
 7,871
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 6,359
Radeon HD 5870
 		2,181
Intel UHD Graphics 620
 1,041
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Videocard Value (G3D Mark / $Price )
As of 16th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 52.94
GeForce RTX 3070
 51.95
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 48.92
GeForce RTX 2060
 47.15
GeForce RTX 4060
 40.69
GeForce RTX 3080
 39.12
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 28.38
GeForce GTX 1650
 26.68
Radeon HD 5870
 		5.14
Intel UHD Graphics 620
 NA
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Last 5 Baselines for Radeon HD 5870
Most recent listed first
Videocard Average G3D Mark
BL3335962 - Mar 08 2026
2323
BL3237471 - Jan 24 2026
2311
BL3216946 - Jan 16 2026
1987
BL3179919 - Jan 01 2026
1882
BL3106816 - Dec 04 2025
2369
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Popular comparisons for Radeon HD 5870
As of 16th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
Radeon HD 5870
 		2,181
GeForce RTX 5090 D vs Radeon HD 5870
 41,725 (+1813.1%)
RTX PRO 5000 72GB Blackwell vs Radeon HD 5870
 40,493 (+1756.7%)
GeForce RTX 5090 vs Radeon HD 5870
 38,954 (+1686.1%)
GeForce RTX 4090 vs Radeon HD 5870
 38,071 (+1645.6%)
GeForce RTX 5080 vs Radeon HD 5870
 35,727 (+1538.1%)
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition vs Radeon HD 5870
 35,707 (+1537.2%)
GeForce RTX 4080 vs Radeon HD 5870
 34,438 (+1479.0%)
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs Radeon HD 5870
 34,258 (+1470.8%)
RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell vs Radeon HD 5870
 33,439 (+1433.2%)
nVidia L40-48Q vs Radeon HD 5870
 33,270 (+1425.5%)
nVidia L40-4Q vs Radeon HD 5870
 32,601 (+1394.8%)
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