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Radeon HD 5850 vs Radeon HD 7850
Intro
The Radeon HD 5850 comes with a clock frequency of 725 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1000 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It is comprised of 1440(288x5) SPUs, 72 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 7850, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 860 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a speed of 1200 MHz on this card. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 32 ROPs.
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
In theory, the Radeon HD 7850 will be 20% quicker than the Radeon HD 5850 in general, due to its greater data rate. (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 is just a bit (approximately 5%) more effective at AF 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%) better at FSAA than the Radeon HD 5850, and also able to handle higher screen 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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock 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 in a second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number 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 is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential 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.