ATI Radeon HD 5830 vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5830 and ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO 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 Radeon HD 2900 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5830

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 600 MHz
4.7x more texture fill rate: 44.8 GTexel / s vs 9.6 GTexel / s
3.5x more pipelines: 1120 vs 320
4.7x better floating-point performance: 1,792.0 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 200 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1734 vs 628
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 399 vs 397

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 February 2010 vs 12 December 2007
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	44.8 GTexel / s vs 9.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1120 vs 320
Floating-point performance	1,792.0 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt vs 200 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1734 vs 628
PassMark - G2D Mark	399 vs 397

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5830
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1734

628

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

399

397

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5830	ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	1734	628
PassMark - G2D Mark	399	397
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5830	ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale
Code name	Cypress	R600
Design	ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date	25 February 2010	12 December 2007
Place in performance rating	537	379
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	800 MHz
Core clock speed	800 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,792.0 gflops	384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	1120	320
Texture fill rate	44.8 GTexel / s	9.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	200 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	282 mm	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	11	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB / s	118.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity