ATI Radeon HD 5830 vs ATI Radeon X700 PRO

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5830 and ATI Radeon X700 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 X700 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5830

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 88% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 425 MHz
13.2x more texture fill rate: 44.8 GTexel / s vs 3.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
4.7x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 860 MHz
22.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1735 vs 76
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 403 vs 302

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 February 2010 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 425 MHz
Texture fill rate	44.8 GTexel / s vs 3.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 860 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1735 vs 76
PassMark - G2D Mark	403 vs 302

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X700 PRO

5.3x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 175 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 175 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5830
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X700 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1735

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

403

302

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5830	ATI Radeon X700 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	1735	76
PassMark - G2D Mark	403	302
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5830	ATI Radeon X700 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	R400
Code name	Cypress	RV410
Design	ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date	25 February 2010	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	531	539
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$179
Technical info
Boost clock speed	800 MHz
Core clock speed	800 MHz	425 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,792.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1120
Texture fill rate	44.8 GTexel / s	3.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	120 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 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
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	11	9.0b
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB / s	13.76 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	860 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
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