AMD Radeon HD 6850 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6850 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon HD 6850

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
6.2x more texture fill rate: 37.2 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
12x more pipelines: 960 vs 80
12.4x better floating-point performance: 1,488.0 gflops vs 120 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
8.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1953 vs 236
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 434 vs 362
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3708 vs 1247
Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3348 vs 1679
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3708 vs 1247
Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3348 vs 1679

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 October 2010 vs 7 January 2010
Texture fill rate	37.2 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	960 vs 80
Floating-point performance	1,488.0 gflops vs 120 gflops
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1953 vs 236
PassMark - G2D Mark	434 vs 362
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3708 vs 1247
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348 vs 1679
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3708 vs 1247
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348 vs 1679

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470

8.5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 127 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 127 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6850
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1953

236

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

434

362

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3708

1247

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3348

1679

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3708

1247

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3348

1679

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6850	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470
PassMark - G3D Mark	1953	236
PassMark - G2D Mark	434	362
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	13.033
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	946.933
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	32.609
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	139.45
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3489
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3708	1247
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348	1679
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3489
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3708	1247
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348	1679
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0
Geekbench - OpenCL		2112

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6850	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale 2
Code name	Barts	Park
Design	AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch date	21 October 2010	7 January 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$179
Place in performance rating	826	1077
Price now	$99.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	28.63
Technical info
Floating-point performance	1,488.0 gflops	120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	960	80
Texture fill rate	37.2 GTexel / s	6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	127 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	292 million
Core clock speed		750 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	AGP
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2, GDDR2, DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Memory clock speed		3200 MHz
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire