ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X1450

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 and ATI Mobility Radeon X1450 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), 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).

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

ATI Mobility Radeon X1450

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
9.1x more texture fill rate: 20 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
200x more pipelines: 800 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
4.4x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 900 MHz
23.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 763 vs 33
Around 97% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 403 vs 205

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 18 September 2006
Texture fill rate	20 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	800 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	763 vs 33
PassMark - G2D Mark	403 vs 205

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X1450

Around 10% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 500 MHz

Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 500 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X1450

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

763

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

403

205

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850	ATI Mobility Radeon X1450
PassMark - G3D Mark	763	33
PassMark - G2D Mark	403	205
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	7.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	512.081
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850	ATI Mobility Radeon X1450
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	R500
Code name	Broadway	M64
Launch date	7 January 2010	18 September 2006
Place in performance rating	855	856
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	800.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	800	4
Texture fill rate	20 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	107 million
Boost clock speed		550 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	64.0 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	450 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5	128
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
HDMI 1.3a