AMD FirePro V7900 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro V7900 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro V7900

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 45% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • 2.9x more texture fill rate: 58.0 GTexel / s vs 20 GTexel / s
  • Around 60% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 800
  • 2.3x better floating-point performance: 1,856.0 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
  • 3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2305 vs 763
  • Around 90% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 14.134 vs 7.457
  • Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 676.409 vs 512.081
  • Around 82% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2996 vs 1643
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3710 vs 3314
  • Around 82% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2996 vs 1643
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3710 vs 3314
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 24 May 2011 vs 7 January 2010
Core clock speed 725 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate 58.0 GTexel / s vs 20 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1280 vs 800
Floating-point performance 1,856.0 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2305 vs 763
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 14.134 vs 7.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 676.409 vs 512.081
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2996 vs 1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3710 vs 3314
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2996 vs 1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3710 vs 3314

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

  • 5x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 151 Watt
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 403 vs 336
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt vs 151 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 403 vs 336
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3354

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro V7900
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2305
763
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
336
403
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14.134
7.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
676.409
512.081
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2996
1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3710
3314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2996
1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3710
3314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
3356
Name AMD FirePro V7900 ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850
PassMark - G3D Mark 2305 763
PassMark - G2D Mark 336 403
Geekbench - OpenCL 27733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 14.134 7.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 676.409 512.081
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.309
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 36.678
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 171.25
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2996 1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3710 3314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2996 1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3710 3314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 3356

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro V7900 ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 3 TeraScale 2
Code name Cayman Broadway
Launch date 24 May 2011 7 January 2010
Place in performance rating 852 853
Type Workstation Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 725 MHz 500 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,856.0 gflops 800.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 1280 800
Texture fill rate 58.0 GTexel / s 20 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 151 Watt 30 Watt
Transistor count 2,640 million 1,040 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort No outputs
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16
Form factor Full Height / Full Length
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 279 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.4 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 160 GB / s 64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

HDMI 1.3a