| Specs & Scores | |||||||
| Windows Vista | Windows 7 | ||||||
| Radeon HD 5870 | Asus Radeon HD 4870 X2 | XFX Radeon HD 4890 | Radeon HD 5870 | Asus Radeon HD 4870 X2 | XFX Radeon HD 4890 | ||
| Price | $379.00 | $379.00 | |||||
| Core Clock | 850MHz | 750MHz | 900MHz | 850MHz | 750MHz | 900MHz | |
| Memory Clock | 1,200MHz | 900MHz | 975MHz | 1,200MHz | 900MHz | 975MHz | |
| Memory | 1GB GDDR5 | 2GB GDDR5 | 1GB GDDR5 | 1GB GDDR5 | 2GB GDDR5 | 1GB GDDR5 | |
| 3DMark Vantage Performance | 1,280 x 1,024 | ||||||
| Overall | P10842 | P12815 | P10510 | P10930 | P12968 | P10187 | |
| GPU Score | 11077.00 | 14057.00 | 10577 | 11173.00 | 14343 | 10213 | |
| GPU1 (fps) | 31.36 | 40.25 | 30.4 | 31.76 | 41.37 | 29.5 | |
| GPU2 (fps) | 33.57 | 42.14 | 31.59 | 33.73 | 42.68 | 30.35 | |
| CPU Score | 10192.00 | 10129.00 | 10311 | 10263.00 | 10073 | 10111 | |
| CPU1 (Plans/s) | 1312.45 | 1320.10 | 1323.54 | 1320.89 | 1328.46 | 1324.61 | |
| CPU2 (Steps/s) | 15.97 | 15.48 | 16.26 | 16.10 | 14.99 | 15.28 | |
| 3DMark Vantage Extreme | 1,920 x 1,200; 4XAA, 16XAF | ||||||
| Overall | X6069 | X7457 | X4927 | X6050 | X7550 | X4896 | |
| GPU Score | 5942.00 | 7351.00 | 4796 | 5921.00 | 7448 | 4766 | |
| GPU1 (fps) | 17.38 | 24.16 | 15.82 | 17.28 | 24.38 | 15.72 | |
| GPU2 (fps) | 17.44 | 18.81 | 12.22 | 17.41 | 19.17 | 12.15 | |
| CPU Score | 10198.00 | 10242.00 | 10203 | 10314.00 | 10193 | 10102 | |
| CPU1 (Plans/s) | 1323.01 | 1318.58 | 1319.38 | 1326.15 | 1328.19 | 1326.91 | |
| CPU2 (Steps/s) | 15.73 | 16.05 | 15.85 | 16.21 | 15.58 | 15.17 | |
| Games | 1,280 x 1,024 | ||||||
| Far Cry 2 (4XAA) | 59.92 | 74.31 | 57.67 | 60.23 | 75.42 | 51.30 | |
| Left 4 Dead (8XAA, 16XAF) | 122.74 | 125.88 | 116.28 | 129.37 | 135.53 | 118.45 | |
| Crysis (4XAA) | 32.19 | 38.79 | 32.71 | 29.67 | 38.6 | 29.83 | |
| 1,920 x 1,200 | |||||||
| Far Cry 2 (4XAA) | 48.45 | 65.90 | 45.30 | 47.91 | 66.36 | 44.79 | |
| Left 4 Dead (8XAA, 16XAF) | 96.94 | 108.80 | 83.15 | 97.24 | 111.58 | 83.05 | |
| Crysis (4XAA) | 22.58 | 30.19 | 20.47 | 20.51 | 27.55 | 18.67 | |
| 2,560 x 1,600 | |||||||
| Far Cry 2 (4XAA) | 35.03 | 24.42 | 29.34 | 35.78 | 45.7 | 31.79 | |
| Left 4 Dead (8XAA, 16XAF) | 67.20 | 73.80 | 52.66 | 67.22 | 73.86 | 52.58 | |
| Crysis (4XAA) | 15.03 | 19.24 | 9.40 | 11.34 | 13.76 | 10.59 | |
| Driver: Catalyst 8.66 (5870); Catalyst 9.9 (4870 X2 & 4890) | |||||||
| Test system specs: 3GHz Phenom II X4 940, Biostar TA790GX 128M (AMD 790GX + SB750), Crucial 4GB DDR2-800, FSP Group Everest 900 PSU, 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black HDD | |||||||