ATI Radeon HD 5850 vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5850 and ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT 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.

ATI Radeon HD 5850

ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5850

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 21% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 601 MHz
7.2x more texture fill rate: 52.2 GTexel / s vs 7.21 GTexel / s
6x more pipelines: 1440 vs 240
7.2x better floating-point performance: 2,088.0 gflops vs 288.48 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
6.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1967 vs 292
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 404 vs 344
Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 2648
Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 2648

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 September 2009 vs 6 November 2007
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 601 MHz
Texture fill rate	52.2 GTexel / s vs 7.21 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1440 vs 240
Floating-point performance	2,088.0 gflops vs 288.48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1967 vs 292
PassMark - G2D Mark	404 vs 344
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 2648
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 2648

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

Around 1% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 151 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 151 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5850
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1967

292

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

404

344

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

2648

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

2648

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5850	ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	1967	292
PassMark - G2D Mark	404	344
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	2648
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358	2648
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5850	ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale
Code name	Cypress	R600
Design	ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date	30 September 2009	6 November 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$299
Place in performance rating	771	773
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	725 MHz
Core clock speed	725 MHz	601 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,088.0 gflops	288.48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	1440	240
Texture fill rate	52.2 GTexel / s	7.21 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	151 Watt	150 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	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	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity