ATI Radeon HD 5850 vs ATI FirePro V5800

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Combined performance score

ATI V5800
3.65

Radeon HD 5850 outperforms FirePro V5800 by 41% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking670583
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.360.78
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameJuniperCypress
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date26 April 2010 (13 years old)30 September 2009 (14 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$479 $299
Current price$354 (0.7x MSRP)$120 (0.4x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

ATI HD 5850 has 117% better value for money than ATI V5800.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores8001440
Core clock speed690 MHz725 MHz
Number of transistors1,040 million2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)74 Watt151 Watt
Texture fill rate27.6052.20
Floating-point performance1,104.0 gflops2,088.0 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length229 mm241 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 6-pin

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed4000 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s128.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMIno data+

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.2 (11_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.05.0
OpenGL4.44.4
OpenCL1.21.2
VulkanN/AN/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

ATI V5800 3.65
ATI HD 5850 5.13
+40.5%

Radeon HD 5850 outperforms FirePro V5800 by 41% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

ATI V5800 1415
ATI HD 5850 1988
+40.5%

Radeon HD 5850 outperforms FirePro V5800 by 40% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p40−45
−47.5%
59
+47.5%
Full HD40−45
−42.5%
57
+42.5%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 3.65 5.13
Recency 26 April 2010 30 September 2009
Cost $479 $299
Power consumption (TDP) 74 Watt 151 Watt

The Radeon HD 5850 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro V5800 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro V5800 is a workstation card while Radeon HD 5850 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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