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).

AMD FirePro V7900

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

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	846	847
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