AMD Radeon HD 6850 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6850 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, 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.

AMD Radeon HD 6850

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 86% higher texture fill rate: 37.2 GTexel / s vs 20 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 960 vs 800
Around 86% better floating-point performance: 1,488.0 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1964 vs 763
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 433 vs 403
Around 75% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 13.033 vs 7.457
Around 85% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 946.933 vs 512.081
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3489 vs 1643
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3708 vs 3314
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3489 vs 1643
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3708 vs 3314

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 October 2010 vs 7 January 2010
Texture fill rate	37.2 GTexel / s vs 20 GTexel / s
Pipelines	960 vs 800
Floating-point performance	1,488.0 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1964 vs 763
PassMark - G2D Mark	433 vs 403
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	13.033 vs 7.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	946.933 vs 512.081
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3489 vs 1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3708 vs 3314
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3489 vs 1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3708 vs 3314

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

4.2x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 127 Watt

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 127 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3348

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6850
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1964

763

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

433

403

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

13.033

7.457

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

946.933

512.081

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3489

1643

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3708

3314

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3348

3356

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3489

1643

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3708

3314

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3348

3356

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6850	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850
PassMark - G3D Mark	1964	763
PassMark - G2D Mark	433	403
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	13.033	7.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	946.933	512.081
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	1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3708	3314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3489	1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3708	3314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6850	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale 2
Code name	Barts	Broadway
Design	AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch date	21 October 2010	7 January 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$179
Place in performance rating	841	844
Price now	$99.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	28.63
Technical info
Floating-point performance	1,488.0 gflops	800.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	960	800
Texture fill rate	37.2 GTexel / s	20 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	127 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	1,040 million
Core clock speed		500 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
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	11	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB / s	64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Memory clock speed		4000 MHz
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
HDMI 1.3a