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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 clocked the core frequency at 725 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1000 MHz on this specific model. It features 1440(288x5) SPUs as well as 72 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 7850, which comes with a clock frequency of 860 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1200 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It features 1024 SPUs, 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
Performance-wise, the Radeon HD 7850 should in theory be just a bit better 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%) better at anisotropic 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 just a bit (approximately 19%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 5850, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (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 | AMD | AMD |
| Year | September 30, 2009 | March 2012 |
| Code Name | Cypress PRO | Pitcairn Pro |
| Memory | 1024 MB | 2048 MB |
| Core Speed | 725 MHz | 860 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 4000 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 151 watts | 130 watts |
| Bandwidth | 128000 MB/sec | 153600 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 52200 Mtexels/sec | 55040 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 23200 Mpixels/sec | 27520 Mpixels/sec |
| 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 |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Transistors | 2154 million | 2800 million |
| Bus | PCIe 2.1 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 11 | DirectX 11.1 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 3.2 | OpenGL 4.2 |
Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, 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 can be applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.
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Comments
3 Responses to “Radeon HD 5850 vs Radeon HD 7850”[...] better performer as well as a better overclocker (if you overclock ofcourse). Check out this link- Radeon HD 5850 vs Radeon HD 7850 – Performance Comparison Benchmarks @ Hardware Compare Please note that it is completely theoretical and the real world performance may differ. Also [...]
Hey Im looking at possibly upgrading my video card in couple of months.
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.
@Terrence .. core (clock) speed like any of the other measures of performance in gfx cards is all relative. You mention lesser cards having "the same core speed" .. and that's actually incorrect across each generation iteration of DDR & GDDR vRAM types. That's to say, a gfx card with 1GB of DDR2 vRAM will essentially perform no better than a card with 512MB's of GDDR3 vRAM. You see, the premise being that each generation of DDR roughly doubles the speed of the generation before. So, put another way, 1 GB of GDDR3 will perform at only half the speed of 1 GB of GDDR5. So, it's like this, DDR2 & DDR3?? Forget it .. they're yesterday's tech' - and a complete waste of time even thinking about (let alone discussing). If you're after a budget upgrade in the RED corner, i'd advise a HD6950 2GB - or better still a 6970, at the very least. If you're looking at the GREEN team, consider at least a GTX 480 or GTX 580. As all of those cards are getting relatively old now (but each still supporting DX 11 & all having GDDR5 vRAM), you should be able to pick up a bargain from either the GREEN or RED Team on any one of those cards i've named 😉