AMD Radeon HD 7850 vs ATI Radeon HD 5830

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7850 and ATI Radeon HD 5830 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 7850

ATI Radeon HD 5830

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7850

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 25% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 23% higher texture fill rate: 55.04 GTexel / s vs 44.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3866 vs 1733
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 564 vs 402

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 March 2012 vs 25 February 2010
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate	55.04 GTexel / s vs 44.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3866 vs 1733
PassMark - G2D Mark	564 vs 402

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5830

Around 9% higher pipelines: 1120 vs 1024
Around 2% better floating-point performance: 1,792.0 gflops vs 1,761 gflops
Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 225 Watt
3.3x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Pipelines	1120 vs 1024
Floating-point performance	1,792.0 gflops vs 1,761 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7850
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5830

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3866

1733

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

564

402

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7850	ATI Radeon HD 5830
PassMark - G3D Mark	3866	1733
PassMark - G2D Mark	564	402
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	47.041
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1028.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	72.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	249.482
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1312	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7850	ATI Radeon HD 5830
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Pitcairn	Cypress
Design	AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series	ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date	5 March 2012	25 February 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$249
Place in performance rating	533	536
Price now	$449.59
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	11.01
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,761 gflops	1,792.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1024	1120
Stream Processors	1200
Texture fill rate	55.04 GTexel / s	44.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	175 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	2,154 million
Core clock speed		800 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 2.1 x16
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	210 mm	282 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11	11
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB/s	128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync