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Release date ≤ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 18.8% (209th of 698)

Based on 10,176 user benchmarks.  Device: 1002 6898 Models: AMD Radeon HD 5800, ATI Radeon HD 5800
Poor: 17%Average: 18.8% Great: 20%

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Terrible average bench

The AMD HD 5870 averaged 81.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 27.3fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 20.9fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD HD 5870 is just 2.95%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the AMD HD 5870 performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 20.2fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 24.5fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 10,176 samples)
Rank 20918.8%
Min Avg Max
24.6 Lighting 27.3 29
18.5 Reflection 20.2 21.3
22.5 Parallax 24.5 27.8
22.3% 24 fps
Min Avg Max
11.7 MRender 13.5 14.4
19.2 Gravity 20.9 22
10.5 Splatting 11 11.6
12% 15.1 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Asus(1043 0346) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008
20.5% Poor
Lighting 29.6
Reflection 21.5
Parallax 27.2
24% 26.1 fps
MRender 14.4
Gravity 23.6
Splatting 12.4
13% 16.8 fps
AMD(1002 0B00) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.2401.0
19.9% Very poor
Lighting 28.9
Reflection 21.6
Parallax 26.1
24% 25.5 fps
MRender 14.5
Gravity 22.5
Splatting 11.8
13% 16.3 fps
AMD(1002 0B00) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004
19.5% Very poor
Lighting 28.6
Reflection 20.3
Parallax 27.5
23% 25.5 fps
MRender 13.6
Gravity 21.2
Splatting 11.2
12% 15.3 fps
Apple(106B 00D0) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008
18.9% Very poor
Lighting 27.4
Reflection 20.2
Parallax 24.6
22% 24.1 fps
MRender 13.6
Gravity 21.3
Splatting 11.2
12% 15.4 fps
AMD(1002 0B00) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008
18.6% Very poor
Lighting 26.9
Reflection 20
Parallax 24.6
22% 23.8 fps
MRender 13.5
Gravity 21.2
Splatting 11.2
12% 15.3 fps
Sapphire(174B E140) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008
18.6% Very poor
Lighting 26.9
Reflection 19.9
Parallax 24.3
22% 23.7 fps
MRender 13.4
Gravity 21.1
Splatting 11.1
12% 15.2 fps
AMD(1002 0B00) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0
18.3% Very poor
Lighting 26.5
Reflection 19.7
Parallax 24.3
22% 23.5 fps
MRender 13.2
Gravity 20.8
Splatting 11.1
12% 15 fps
Asus(1043 0390) 2GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008
17.9% Very poor
Lighting 25.9
Reflection 19.1
Parallax 23.7
21% 22.9 fps
MRender 12.7
Gravity 20.5
Splatting 10.9
12% 14.7 fps
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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price
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AMD(1002 0B00) 40% 19% ± 1%
Sapphire(174B E140) 16% 19% ± 1%
Asus(1043 032E) 9% 19% ± 0%
XFX(1682 2961) 8% 19% ± 1%
Asus(1043 0346) 6% 19% ± 1%
XFX(1682 2960) 5% 19% ± 2%
Apple(106B 00D0) 4% 19% ± 1%
PwrHis(1787 2289) 3% 19% ± 1%
PwrHis(1787 200A) 3% 19% ± 1%
Sapphire(174B E146) 2% 18% ± 2%
Gigabyte(1458 21E5) 1% 19% ± 0%
Asus(1043 0350) 1% 19% ± 1%
XFX(1682 2962) 1% 18% ± 1%
MSI(1462 8032) 1% 19% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 21F0) 1% 19% ± 0%
Device(1545 1002) 0% 19% ± 1%
Asus(1043 034C) 0% 19% ± 0%
Device(344C 0B00) 0% 19% ± 0%
MSI(1462 2100) 0% 20% ± 0%
Diamond(1092 E140) 0% 19% ± 0%
Diamond(1092 0B00) 0% 20% ± 0%
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Gaming 17%
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Desktop
Desktop 71%
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Workstation 14%
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System: Dell Studio XPS 9100

CPU
Core i7 930Intel  $272Bench 64%, 19,497 samples158x
Core i7 960Intel  $216Bench 68%, 16,233 samples74x
Core i7-920Intel  $99Bench 62%, 69,074 samples15x
GPU
HD 5870AMDBench 19%, 10,176 samples1x
SSD
870 EVO 1TBSamsung  $65Bench 113%, 48,070 samples10x
FTM1TN325H 1TBBench 70%, 177 samples9x
MX500 1TBCrucial  $57Bench 106%, 202,785 samples8x
RAM
M378B5273DH0-CH9 M378B5273DH0-CH9 M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5273DH0-CH9 M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5273DH0-CH9 24GBSamsungBench 51%, 13 samples13x
M378B5773CH0-CH9 6x2GBSamsungBench 50%, 43 samples10x
KP223C-ELD 6x2GBKingstonBench 52%, 30 samples6x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $337

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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

4 months ago.

CAN-User
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4,714

Poor

12 months ago.

stopped working out of the blue

RUS-User
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4,582

Excellent

18 months ago.

отлично работает, тихая, мощная

zaiba
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Poor

3 years ago.

My club3D blower style version just gradually broke down over a 5 year period. This was a seller replacement of my defective 5870 XFX version after a single week.

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