ATI Radeon HD 5830 vs ATI FireMV 2250

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5830 and ATI FireMV 2250 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

ATI Radeon HD 5830

ATI FireMV 2250

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5830

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 600 MHz
18.7x more texture fill rate: 44.8 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
4x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
37.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1734 vs 46
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 399 vs 290

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 February 2010 vs 1 January 2007
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	44.8 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1734 vs 46
PassMark - G2D Mark	399 vs 290

Reasons to consider the ATI FireMV 2250

5.5x lower typical power consumption: 32 Watt vs 175 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	32 Watt vs 175 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5830
GPU 2: ATI FireMV 2250

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1734

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

399

290

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5830	ATI FireMV 2250
PassMark - G3D Mark	1734	46
PassMark - G2D Mark	399	290
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5830	ATI FireMV 2250
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	R500
Code name	Cypress	RV516
Design	ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date	25 February 2010	1 January 2007
Place in performance rating	537	560
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	800 MHz
Core clock speed	800 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,792.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	1120
Texture fill rate	44.8 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	32 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x S-Video, 1x DMS-59
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	282 mm	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	11	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity