ATI Radeon HD 5850 vs ATI Radeon X600 SE

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5850 and ATI Radeon X600 SE 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 X600 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5850

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 325 MHz
40.2x more texture fill rate: 52.2 GTexel / s vs 1.3 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
8x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 500 MHz
40.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1968 vs 49
Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 410 vs 229

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 September 2009 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	52.2 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1968 vs 49
PassMark - G2D Mark	410 vs 229

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X600 SE

4.2x lower typical power consumption: 36 Watt vs 151 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	36 Watt vs 151 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5850
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X600 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1968

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

410

229

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5850	ATI Radeon X600 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark	1968	49
PassMark - G2D Mark	410	229
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 X600 SE
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Rage 9
Code name	Cypress	RV370
Design	ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date	30 September 2009	1 September 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$299
Place in performance rating	764	766
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	725 MHz
Core clock speed	725 MHz	325 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,088.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1440
Texture fill rate	52.2 GTexel / s	1.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	151 Watt	36 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x 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	9.0
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB / s	4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Technologies
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