AMD Radeon R9 M470 vs ATI Radeon HD 5850

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M470 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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 R9 M470

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 24% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 725 MHz
  • Around 38% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 725 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2331 vs 1968
  • Around 41% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 47924 vs 33977
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 May 2016 vs 30 September 2009
Core clock speed 900 MHz vs 725 MHz
Boost clock speed 1000 MHz vs 725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2331 vs 1968
Geekbench - OpenCL 47924 vs 33977

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5850

  • Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 52.2 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
  • Around 88% higher pipelines: 1440 vs 768
  • Around 36% better floating-point performance: 2,088.0 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
  • Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 410 vs 307
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3715 vs 1804
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3715 vs 1804
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 1674
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 1674
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 52.2 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1440 vs 768
Floating-point performance 2,088.0 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 410 vs 307
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 vs 1804
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 vs 1804
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 1674
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 1674

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M470
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5850

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2331
1968
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
307
410
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
47924
33977
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1804
3715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1804
3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1674
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1674
3358
Name AMD Radeon R9 M470 ATI Radeon HD 5850
PassMark - G3D Mark 2331 1968
PassMark - G2D Mark 307 410
Geekbench - OpenCL 47924 33977
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1804 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1804 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1674 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1674 3358
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 R9 M470 ATI Radeon HD 5850

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Strato Cypress
Launch date 15 May 2016 30 September 2009
Place in performance rating 767 764
Type Laptop Desktop
Design ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $299

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz 725 MHz
Core clock speed 900 MHz 725 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,536 gflops 2,088.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 768 1440
Texture fill rate 48 GTexel / s 52.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count 2,080 million 2,154 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 151 Watt

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
Laptop size large
Length 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 11
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 96 GB / s 128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

DirectCompute 5.0
AMD Eyefinity