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Radeon HD 5670 vs Radeon HD 5830

Intro

The Radeon HD 5670 comes with a GPU core speed of 775 MHz, and the 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory runs at 1000 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 400(80x5) Stream Processors, 20 TAUs, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 5830, which features a clock speed of 800 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1000 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It features 1120(224x5) SPUs, 56 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 5670 61 Watts
Radeon HD 5830 175 Watts
Difference: 114 Watts (187%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon HD 5830 should theoretically be a lot faster than the Radeon HD 5670 in general. (explain)

Radeon HD 5830 128000 MB/sec
Radeon HD 5670 64000 MB/sec
Difference: 64000 (100%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 5830 will be quite a bit (approximately 189%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 5670. (explain)

Radeon HD 5830 44800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 5670 15500 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 29300 (189%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 5830 should be a lot (about 106%) better at AA than the Radeon HD 5670, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon HD 5830 12800 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 5670 6200 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 6600 (106%)

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

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Model Radeon HD 5670 Radeon HD 5830
Manufacturer AMD AMD
Year January 14, 2010 February 25, 2010
Code Name Redwood XT Cypress LE
Memory 1024 MB 1024 MB
Core Speed 775 MHz 800 MHz
Memory Speed 4000 MHz 4000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 61 watts 175 watts
Bandwidth 64000 MB/sec 128000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 15500 Mtexels/sec 44800 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 6200 Mpixels/sec 12800 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 400(80x5) 1120(224x5)
Texture Mapping Units 20 56
Render Output Units 8 16
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Bus Width 128-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 40 nm 40 nm
Transistors 627 million 2154 million
Bus PCIe 2.1 x16 PCIe 2.1 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 11 DirectX 11
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.2 OpenGL 3.2

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video 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 amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.

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Radeon HD 5670

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Radeon HD 5830

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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.

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