NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M vs ATI Radeon HD 5850

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M 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 880M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 32% higher core clock speed: 954 MHz vs 725 MHz
  • Around 37% higher boost clock speed: 993 MHz vs 725 MHz
  • 2.4x more texture fill rate: 127.1 GTexel / s vs 52.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 7% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 1440
  • Around 46% better floating-point performance: 3,050 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
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 93% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3803 vs 1968
  • 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 46.273 vs 16.467
  • 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.914 vs 1.541
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4501 vs 3806
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4501 vs 3806
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 March 2014 vs 30 September 2009
Core clock speed 954 MHz vs 725 MHz
Boost clock speed 993 MHz vs 725 MHz
Texture fill rate 127.1 GTexel / s vs 52.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1536 vs 1440
Floating-point performance 3,050 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 8 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3803 vs 1968
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 46.273 vs 16.467
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.914 vs 1.541
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4501 vs 3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4501 vs 3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3715

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5850

  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 410 vs 332
  • 2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 33977 vs 15023
  • Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1109.612 vs 777.677
  • Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 42.08 vs 38.196
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 410 vs 332
Geekbench - OpenCL 33977 vs 15023
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1109.612 vs 777.677
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 42.08 vs 38.196
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3356

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5850

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3803
1968
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
332
410
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
15023
33977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
46.273
16.467
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
777.677
1109.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.914
1.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
38.196
42.08
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4501
3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4501
3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3358
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M ATI Radeon HD 5850
PassMark - G3D Mark 3803 1968
PassMark - G2D Mark 332 410
Geekbench - OpenCL 15023 33977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 46.273 16.467
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 777.677 1109.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.914 1.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 38.196 42.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 82.511
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4501 3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4501 3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1611 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M ATI Radeon HD 5850

Essentials

Architecture Kepler TeraScale 2
Code name GK104 Cypress
Launch date 12 March 2014 30 September 2009
Place in performance rating 761 764
Type Laptop Desktop
Design ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $299

Technical info

Boost clock speed 993 MHz 725 MHz
Core clock speed 954 MHz 725 MHz
CUDA cores 1536
Floating-point performance 3,050 gflops 2,088.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 1536 1440
Texture fill rate 127.1 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 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Length 241 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB / s 128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0
Standard memory configuration GDDR5
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
BatteryBoost
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
TXAA
AMD Eyefinity