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Radeon HD 5850 vs Radeon HD 7850
Intro
The Radeon HD 5850 makes use of a 40 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 725 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a speed of 1000 MHz on this specific model. It features 1440(288x5) SPUs along with 72 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.Compare all that to the Radeon HD 7850, which has a clock frequency of 860 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1200 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 1024 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| Radeon HD 7850 |
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130 Watts |
| Radeon HD 5850 |
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151 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
Performance-wise, the Radeon HD 7850 should in theory be a bit superior to the Radeon HD 5850 overall. (explain)
| Radeon HD 7850 |
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153600 MB/sec |
| Radeon HD 5850 |
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128000 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The Radeon HD 7850 will be a small bit (approximately 5%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 5850. (explain)| Radeon HD 7850 |
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55040 Mtexels/sec |
| Radeon HD 5850 |
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52200 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
The Radeon HD 7850 will be a bit (more or less 19%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 5850, and also able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)| Radeon HD 7850 |
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27520 Mpixels/sec |
| Radeon HD 5850 |
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23200 Mpixels/sec |
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Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.
Price Comparison
Radeon HD 5850Amazon.com
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Radeon HD 7850Amazon.com
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
Specifications
| Model | Radeon HD 5850 | Radeon HD 7850 |
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| Manufacturer | AMD | AMD |
| Year | September 30, 2009 | March 2012 |
| Code Name | Cypress PRO | Pitcairn Pro |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Bus | PCIe 2.1 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Memory | 1024 MB | 2048 MB |
| Core Speed | 725 MHz | 860 MHz |
| Shader Speed | N/A MHz | (N/A) MHz |
| Memory Speed | 1000 MHz (4000 MHz effective) | 1200 MHz (4800 MHz effective) |
| Unified Shaders | 1440(288x5) | 1024 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 72 | 64 |
| Render Output Units | 32 | 32 |
| Bus Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 11 | DirectX 11.1 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 3.2 | OpenGL 4.2 |
| Power (Max TDP) | 151 watts | 130 watts |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Bandwidth | 128000 MB/sec | 153600 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 52200 Mtexels/sec | 55040 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 23200 Mpixels/sec | 27520 Mpixels/sec |
Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.
Comments
3 Responses to “Radeon HD 5850 vs Radeon HD 7850”I currently have radeon hd 5850 and was wondering whats the main difference when cards say core speed and memory speed?
I see cheaper cards on the market have the same core speed but are DDR2 instead of 3.