ATI Radeon HD 5850 vs ATI Radeon X1650 PRO

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5850 and ATI Radeon X1650 PRO 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 X1650 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5850

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 21% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 600 MHz
21.8x more texture fill rate: 52.2 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
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
2.9x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1400 MHz
23.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1966 vs 85
Around 71% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 411 vs 241

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 September 2009 vs 23 August 2006
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	52.2 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1966 vs 85
PassMark - G2D Mark	411 vs 241

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1650 PRO

3.4x lower typical power consumption: 44 Watt vs 151 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	44 Watt vs 151 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5850
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1650 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1966

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

411

241

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5850	ATI Radeon X1650 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	1966	85
PassMark - G2D Mark	411	241
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5850	ATI Radeon X1650 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	R500
Code name	Cypress	RV535
Design	ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date	30 September 2009	23 August 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$299
Place in performance rating	751	753
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	725 MHz
Core clock speed	725 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,088.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	1440
Texture fill rate	52.2 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	151 Watt	44 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	330 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	None
API support
DirectX	11	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity