NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M vs ATI Radeon HD 5850

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M 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 GeForce GTX 780M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 14% higher core clock speed: 823 MHz vs 725 MHz
  • Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 797 MHz vs 725 MHz
  • Around 95% higher texture fill rate: 102.0 GTexel / s vs 52.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 7% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 1440
  • Around 17% better floating-point performance: 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
  • Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 122 Watt vs 151 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 93% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3804 vs 1970
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 422 vs 400
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 39.934 vs 16.467
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.631 vs 1.541
  • Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4868 vs 3806
  • Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4868 vs 3806
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 11 May 2013 vs 30 September 2009
Core clock speed 823 MHz vs 725 MHz
Boost clock speed 797 MHz vs 725 MHz
Texture fill rate 102.0 GTexel / s vs 52.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1536 vs 1440
Floating-point performance 2,448 gflops vs 2,088.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 122 Watt vs 151 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3804 vs 1970
PassMark - G2D Mark 422 vs 400
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 39.934 vs 16.467
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.631 vs 1.541
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4868 vs 3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4868 vs 3806

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5850

  • Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 2500 MHz
  • 2.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 33977 vs 12815
  • Around 57% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1109.612 vs 705.616
  • 3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 42.08 vs 13.832
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3715 vs 3679
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3715 vs 3679
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 33977 vs 12815
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1109.612 vs 705.616
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 42.08 vs 13.832
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 vs 3679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 vs 3679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3351

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5850

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3804
1970
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
422
400
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
12815
33977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
39.934
16.467
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
705.616
1109.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.631
1.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.832
42.08
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4868
3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3679
3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4868
3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3679
3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3358
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M ATI Radeon HD 5850
PassMark - G3D Mark 3804 1970
PassMark - G2D Mark 422 400
Geekbench - OpenCL 12815 33977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 39.934 16.467
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 705.616 1109.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.631 1.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 13.832 42.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 78.867
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4868 3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3679 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4868 3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3679 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1466 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M ATI Radeon HD 5850

Essentials

Architecture Kepler TeraScale 2
Code name GK104 Cypress
Launch date 11 May 2013 30 September 2009
Place in performance rating 764 765
Type Laptop Desktop
Design ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $299

Technical info

Boost clock speed 797 MHz 725 MHz
Core clock speed 823 MHz 725 MHz
CUDA cores 1536
Floating-point performance 2,448 gflops 2,088.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 1536 1440
Texture fill rate 102.0 GTexel / s 52.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 122 Watt 151 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million 2,154 million

Video outputs and ports

7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support Up to 2048x1536
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
SLI options 1
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Length 241 mm

API support

DirectX 12 API 11
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB / s 128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0
Standard memory configuration GDDR5

Technologies

3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Blu-Ray 3D Support
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
TXAA
AMD Eyefinity