AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM vs ATI Radeon HD 5830

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

ATI Radeon HD 5830

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 13% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 930 MHz vs 800 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 175 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 15% higher memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 4000 MHz

Launch date	21 December 2013 vs 25 February 2010
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 800 MHz
Boost clock speed	930 MHz vs 800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 175 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz vs 4000 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5830

Around 51% higher texture fill rate: 44.8 GTexel / s vs 29.76 GTexel / s
2.2x more pipelines: 1120 vs 512
Around 88% better floating-point performance: 1,792.0 gflops vs 952.3 gflops
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 399 vs 394
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1734 vs 1457

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	44.8 GTexel / s vs 29.76 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1120 vs 512
Floating-point performance	1,792.0 gflops vs 952.3 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	399 vs 394
PassMark - G3D Mark	1734 vs 1457

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5830

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

394

399

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1457

1734

Name	AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM	ATI Radeon HD 5830
PassMark - G2D Mark	394	399
PassMark - G3D Mark	1457	1734
Geekbench - OpenCL	40722
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3112
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3112
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3168
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3168
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM	ATI Radeon HD 5830
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Cape Verde	Cypress
Launch date	21 December 2013	25 February 2010
Place in performance rating	601	537
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	930 MHz	800 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	952.3 gflops	1,792.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	512	1120
Texture fill rate	29.76 GTexel / s	44.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	175 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	2,154 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
Length		282 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	11
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	73.6 GB / s	128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity