AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM vs ATI Radeon HD 5850
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM and ATI 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM
- Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
- Around 28% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 725 MHz
- 2.3x more texture fill rate: 118.4 GTexel / s vs 52.2 GTexel / s
- Around 42% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1440
- Around 81% better floating-point performance: 3,789 gflops vs 2,088.0 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
- 3x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 1 GB
- Around 38% higher memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 4000 MHz
| Launch date | 8 January 2013 vs 30 September 2009 |
| Core clock speed | 925 MHz vs 725 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 118.4 GTexel / s vs 52.2 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 2048 vs 1440 |
| Floating-point performance | 3,789 gflops vs 2,088.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 40 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 3 GB vs 1 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 5500 MHz vs 4000 MHz |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5850
- Around 66% lower typical power consumption: 151 Watt vs 250 Watt
- Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3715 vs 3583
- Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3715 vs 3583
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3339
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3339
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 151 Watt vs 250 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3715 vs 3583 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3715 vs 3583 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3358 vs 3339 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3358 vs 3339 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5850
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| Name | AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM | ATI Radeon HD 5850 |
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| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3583 | 3715 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3583 | 3715 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3339 | 3358 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3339 | 3358 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1979 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 402 | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 33977 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 16.467 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1109.612 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 1.541 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 42.08 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 3806 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 3806 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM | ATI Radeon HD 5850 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | TeraScale 2 |
| Code name | Tahiti | Cypress |
| Launch date | 8 January 2013 | 30 September 2009 |
| Place in performance rating | 755 | 757 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Design | ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $299 | |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 925 MHz | 725 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 3,789 gflops | 2,088.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Pipelines | 2048 | 1440 |
| Texture fill rate | 118.4 GTexel / s | 52.2 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 250 Watt | 151 Watt |
| Transistor count | 4,313 million | 2,154 million |
| Boost clock speed | 725 MHz | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 274 mm | 241 mm |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 2x 6-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 | 11 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.4 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 264.0 GB / s | 128.0 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 5500 MHz | 4000 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Technologies |
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