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Radeon HD 5770 vs Radeon HD 6850
Intro
The Radeon HD 5770 comes with a core clock frequency of 850 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1200 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It is made up of 800(160x5) SPUs, 40 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 6850, which comes with core speeds of 775 MHz on the GPU, and 1000 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 960 SPUs along with 48 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| Radeon HD 5770 |
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108 Watts |
| Radeon HD 6850 |
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127 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
In theory, the Radeon HD 6850 should be 67% quicker than the Radeon HD 5770 in general, because of its higher data rate. (explain)
| Radeon HD 6850 |
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128000 MB/sec |
| Radeon HD 5770 |
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76800 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The Radeon HD 6850 will be a small bit (approximately 9%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon HD 5770. (explain)| Radeon HD 6850 |
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37200 Mtexels/sec |
| Radeon HD 5770 |
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34000 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon HD 6850 is the winner, by far. (explain)| Radeon HD 6850 |
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24800 Mpixels/sec |
| Radeon HD 5770 |
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13600 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 5770 | Radeon HD 6850 |
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| Manufacturer | AMD | AMD |
| Year | October 13, 2009 | October 2010 |
| Code Name | Juniper XT | Barts Pro |
| Memory | 1024 MB | 1024 MB |
| Core Speed | 850 MHz | 775 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 4800 MHz | 4000 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 108 watts | 127 watts |
| Bandwidth | 76800 MB/sec | 128000 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 34000 Mtexels/sec | 37200 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 13600 Mpixels/sec | 24800 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 800(160x5) | 960 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 40 | 48 |
| Render Output Units | 16 | 32 |
| Bus Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128-bit | 256-bit |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Transistors | 1040 million | 1700 million |
| Bus | PCIe 2.1 x16 | PCIe x16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 3.2 | OpenGL 4.1 |
Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen 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 of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, 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 maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.
Radeon HD 5770Amazon.com
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Radeon HD 6850Amazon.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.
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Comments
5 Responses to “Radeon HD 5770 vs Radeon HD 6850”Very helpful review..concise, informative and clear. I like the hot-links so you can examine technical issues in more detail. All in all, well done guys xD
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5770 2g ddr3 (crossfire) vs 6850 1g ddr5?
Great archival review. I was going to get a 5770 based on a 500watt power supply and I purchased a 6850 because I realized I had access to a 650watt power supply and this review confirmed my hopes that the 6850 is significantly faster!