ATI Radeon HD 5850 vs ATI Radeon HD 4770

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5850 and ATI Radeon HD 4770 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 5 month(s) later
  • 2.2x more texture fill rate: 52.2 GTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s
  • 2.3x more pipelines: 1440 vs 640
  • 2.2x better floating-point performance: 2,088.0 gflops vs 960.0 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 3200 MHz
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1970 vs 893
  • 4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 404 vs 101
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 September 2009 vs 28 April 2009
Texture fill rate 52.2 GTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1440 vs 640
Floating-point performance 2,088.0 gflops vs 960.0 gflops
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 3200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1970 vs 893
PassMark - G2D Mark 404 vs 101

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4770

  • Around 3% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 725 MHz
  • Around 89% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 151 Watt
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8618 vs 3358
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8618 vs 3358
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 750 MHz vs 725 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 151 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8618 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8618 vs 3358

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5850
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4770

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1970
893
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
404
101
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
8618
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
8618
Name ATI Radeon HD 5850 ATI Radeon HD 4770
PassMark - G3D Mark 1970 893
PassMark - G2D Mark 404 101
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 8618
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 8618
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon HD 5850 ATI Radeon HD 4770

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 TeraScale
Code name Cypress RV740
Design ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date 30 September 2009 28 April 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $299 $109
Place in performance rating 766 767
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 725 MHz
Core clock speed 725 MHz 750 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,088.0 gflops 960.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 1440 640
Texture fill rate 52.2 GTexel / s 24 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 151 Watt 80 Watt
Transistor count 2,154 million 826 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 2.0 x16
Length 241 mm 203 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 1x 6-pin

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 51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity