ATI Radeon HD 5830 vs NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5830 and NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM 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

NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5830

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 36% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 589 MHz
19x more texture fill rate: 44.8 GTexel / s vs 2.356 GTexel / s
140x more pipelines: 1120 vs 8
79.9x better floating-point performance: 1,792.0 gflops vs 22.432 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
5x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 800 MHz
13.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1733 vs 126
Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 403 vs 309

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 February 2010 vs 26 November 2009
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 589 MHz
Texture fill rate	44.8 GTexel / s vs 2.356 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1120 vs 8
Floating-point performance	1,792.0 gflops vs 22.432 gflops
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1733 vs 126
PassMark - G2D Mark	403 vs 309

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

5.6x lower typical power consumption: 31 Watt vs 175 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt vs 175 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5830
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1733

126

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

403

309

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5830	NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	1733	126
PassMark - G2D Mark	403	309
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5830	NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Cypress	GT218
Design	ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date	25 February 2010	26 November 2009
Place in performance rating	558	555
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	800 MHz
Core clock speed	800 MHz	589 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,792.0 gflops	22.432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1120	8
Texture fill rate	44.8 GTexel / s	2.356 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	31 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	260 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	282 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	11	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity