ATI Radeon HD 5850 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1400

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5850 and NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1400 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

NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1400

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5850

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 275 MHz
23.7x more texture fill rate: 52.2 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
6.8x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 590 MHz
19.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1967 vs 102
Around 81% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 404 vs 223

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 September 2009 vs 25 February 2005
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	52.2 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 590 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1967 vs 102
PassMark - G2D Mark	404 vs 223

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5850
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1400

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1967

102

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

404

223

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5850	NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1400
PassMark - G3D Mark	1967	102
PassMark - G2D Mark	404	223
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	NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1400
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Curie
Code name	Cypress	NV41
Design	ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date	30 September 2009	25 February 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$299
Place in performance rating	771	774
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	725 MHz
Core clock speed	725 MHz	275 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,088.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	1440
Texture fill rate	52.2 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	151 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	222 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	MXM-III
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB / s	18.88 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	590 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity