ATI Radeon HD 5830 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6500

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5830 and NVIDIA GeForce 6500 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 6500

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5830

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 400 MHz
28x more texture fill rate: 44.8 GTexel / s vs 1.6 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
6x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 666 MHz
45.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1734 vs 38
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 399 vs 300

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 February 2010 vs 1 October 2005
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	44.8 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 666 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1734 vs 38
PassMark - G2D Mark	399 vs 300

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5830
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1734

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

399

300

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5830	NVIDIA GeForce 6500
PassMark - G3D Mark	1734	38
PassMark - G2D Mark	399	300
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5830	NVIDIA GeForce 6500
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Curie
Code name	Cypress	NV44 A2
Design	ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date	25 February 2010	1 October 2005
Place in performance rating	537	547
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	800 MHz
Core clock speed	800 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,792.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1120
Texture fill rate	44.8 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	75 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
API support
DirectX	11	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB / s	10.66 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	666 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity