NVIDIA GRID K520 vs ATI Radeon HD 5850

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K520 and ATI Radeon HD 5850 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/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 NVIDIA GRID K520

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 3% higher core clock speed: 745 MHz vs 725 MHz
  • 40.3x more texture fill rate: 2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 52.2 GTexel / s
  • 2.1x more pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 1440
  • 2.3x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,448 gflops vs 2,088.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
  • Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3516 vs 1970
  • Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 20.97 vs 16.467
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.244 vs 1.541
  • Around 78% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6782 vs 3806
  • Around 78% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6782 vs 3806
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 July 2013 vs 30 September 2009
Core clock speed 745 MHz vs 725 MHz
Texture fill rate 2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 52.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2x 1536 vs 1440
Floating-point performance 2x 2,448 gflops vs 2,088.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 2x 4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3516 vs 1970
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 20.97 vs 16.467
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.244 vs 1.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 42.277 vs 42.08
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6782 vs 3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6782 vs 3806

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5850

  • Around 49% lower typical power consumption: 151 Watt vs 225 Watt
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 400 vs 160
  • 3.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 33977 vs 10864
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1109.612 vs 1063.784
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 151 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 400 vs 160
Geekbench - OpenCL 33977 vs 10864
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1109.612 vs 1063.784
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 vs 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 vs 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3354

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K520
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5850

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3516
1970
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
160
400
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
10864
33977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20.97
16.467
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1063.784
1109.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.244
1.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
42.277
42.08
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6782
3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3713
3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6782
3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3713
3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
3358
Name NVIDIA GRID K520 ATI Radeon HD 5850
PassMark - G3D Mark 3516 1970
PassMark - G2D Mark 160 400
Geekbench - OpenCL 10864 33977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 20.97 16.467
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1063.784 1109.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.244 1.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 42.277 42.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 76.158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6782 3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3713 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6782 3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3713 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GRID K520 ATI Radeon HD 5850

Essentials

Architecture Kepler TeraScale 2
Code name GK104 Cypress
Launch date 23 July 2013 30 September 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $3,599 $299
Place in performance rating 762 765
Type Workstation Desktop
Design ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series

Technical info

Core clock speed 745 MHz 725 MHz
Floating-point performance 2x 2,448 gflops 2,088.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 2x 1536 1440
Texture fill rate 2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec 52.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt 151 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million 2,154 million
Boost clock speed 725 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 267 mm 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11
OpenGL 4.6 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2x 4 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 2x 160.0 GB / s 128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 2x 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity