ATI Radeon HD 5850 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition

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Combined performance score

GTX 780M Mac Edition
6.66
+29.8%

GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition outperforms Radeon HD 5850 by 30% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking528583
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money1.080.78
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGK104Cypress
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date8 November 2013 (10 years old)30 September 2009 (14 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$299
Current price$149 $120 (0.4x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 780M Mac Edition has 38% better value for money than ATI HD 5850.

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 cores15361440
Core clock speed771 MHz725 MHz
Boost clock speed797 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,540 million2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)122 Watt151 Watt
Texture fill rate102.052.20
Floating-point performance2,448 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).

InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data241 mm
WidthMXM Module2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 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 amount4 GB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed5000 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMIno data+

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA3.0no data

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:

900p75−80
+27.1%
59
−27.1%
Full HD70−75
+22.8%
57
−22.8%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 6.66 5.13
Recency 8 November 2013 30 September 2009
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 122 Watt 151 Watt

The GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 5850 in performance tests.


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