ATI Radeon HD 5850 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5850 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5850

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • Around 45% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • 3.3x more texture fill rate: 52.2 GTexel / s vs 16 GTexel / s
  • 4.5x more pipelines: 1440 vs 320
  • 6.5x better floating-point performance: 2,088.0 gflops vs 320.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • 3.3x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • 4.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1970 vs 401
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 400 vs 320
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3262
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3262
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 September 2009 vs 9 January 2009
Core clock speed 725 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate 52.2 GTexel / s vs 16 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1440 vs 320
Floating-point performance 2,088.0 gflops vs 320.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1970 vs 401
PassMark - G2D Mark 400 vs 320
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3262
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3262

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

  • 4.3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 151 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 151 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5850
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1970
401
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
400
320
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3262
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3262
Name ATI Radeon HD 5850 ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
PassMark - G3D Mark 1970 401
PassMark - G2D Mark 400 320
Geekbench - OpenCL 33977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 16.467
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1109.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 42.08
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3262
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3262
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon HD 5850 ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 TeraScale
Code name Cypress M96
Design ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date 30 September 2009 9 January 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $299
Place in performance rating 766 767
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 725 MHz
Core clock speed 725 MHz 500 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,088.0 gflops 320.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 1440 320
Texture fill rate 52.2 GTexel / s 16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 151 Watt 35 Watt
Transistor count 2,154 million 514 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Laptop size medium sized

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 19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI
1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer)
DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600
HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio)
PCI-E 2.0 x16
Powerplay