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Radeon HD 4850 X2 1GB vs Radeon HD 5750 512MB

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The Radeon HD 4850 X2 1GB has a core clock speed of 625 MHz and a GDDR3 memory speed of 993 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit bus, and uses a 55 nm design. It features 800(160x5) SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

Compare that to the Radeon HD 5750 512MB, which makes use of a 40 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 700 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a speed of 1150 MHz on this model. It features 720(144x5) SPUs along with 36 Texture Address Units and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 5750 512MB 86 Watts
Radeon HD 4850 X2 1GB 250 Watts
Difference: 164 Watts (191%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon HD 4850 X2 1GB, in theory, should perform a lot faster than the Radeon HD 5750 512MB in general. (explain)

Radeon HD 4850 X2 1GB 127104 MB/sec
Radeon HD 5750 512MB 73600 MB/sec
Difference: 53504 (73%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 4850 X2 1GB should be quite a bit (approximately 98%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 5750 512MB. (explain)

Radeon HD 4850 X2 1GB 50000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 5750 512MB 25200 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 24800 (98%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 4850 X2 1GB should be much (approximately 79%) better at FSAA than the Radeon HD 5750 512MB, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon HD 4850 X2 1GB 20000 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 5750 512MB 11200 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 8800 (79%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

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Specifications

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Model Radeon HD 4850 X2 1GB Radeon HD 5750 512MB
Manufacturer AMD AMD
Year Nov 7, 2008 October 13, 2009
Code Name R700 Juniper LE
Memory 1024 MB (x2) 512 MB
Core Speed 625 MHz (x2) 700 MHz
Memory Speed 1986 MHz (x2) 4600 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 250 watts 86 watts
Bandwidth 127104 MB/sec 73600 MB/sec
Texel Rate 50000 Mtexels/sec 25200 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 20000 Mpixels/sec 11200 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 800(160x5) (x2) 720(144x5)
Texture Mapping Units 40 (x2) 36
Render Output Units 16 (x2) 16
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 256-bit (x2) 128-bit
Fab Process 55 nm 40 nm
Transistors 956 million 1040 million
Bus PCIe 2.0 x16 (PCIe bridge) PCIe 2.1 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10.1 DirectX 11
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 3.2

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total 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 texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to 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 ability to reach the maximum fill rate.

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Radeon HD 4850 X2 1GB

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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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