ATI Radeon HD 5830 vs ATI FireMV 2400 PCIe x1

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5830 and ATI FireMV 2400 PCIe x1 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 2400 PCIe x1

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5830

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 60% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 500 MHz
22.4x more texture fill rate: 44.8 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
4x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
157.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1734 vs 11
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 399 vs 283

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 February 2010 vs 1 January 2008
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	44.8 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1734 vs 11
PassMark - G2D Mark	399 vs 283

Reasons to consider the ATI FireMV 2400 PCIe x1

8.8x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 175 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 175 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5830
GPU 2: ATI FireMV 2400 PCIe x1

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1734

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

399

283

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5830	ATI FireMV 2400 PCIe x1
PassMark - G3D Mark	1734	11
PassMark - G2D Mark	399	283
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5830	ATI FireMV 2400 PCIe x1
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Rage 9
Code name	Cypress	RV380
Design	ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date	25 February 2010	1 January 2008
Place in performance rating	537	592
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	800 MHz
Core clock speed	800 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,792.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	1120
Texture fill rate	44.8 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x VHDCI
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x1
Length	282 mm	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	11	9.0b
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB / s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Technologies
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