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Radeon HD 5850 vs Radeon HD 7850
Intro
The Radeon HD 5850 has a core clock frequency of 725 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1000 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 40 nm design. It is comprised of 1440(288x5) SPUs, 72 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 7850, which comes with a core clock speed of 860 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1200 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 1024 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, 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
In theory, the Radeon HD 7850 should perform a bit faster than 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 should be 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 is a bit (approximately 19%) more effective at AA than the Radeon HD 5850, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (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
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Specifications
| Model | Radeon HD 5850 | Radeon HD 7850 |
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| Manufacturer | ATi | ATi |
| 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 data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the 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 texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.
Comments
2 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.