ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Mac Edition vs ATI X1800 XT
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | R500 (2005−2007) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | R520 | Broadway |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 October 2005 (19 years ago) | 7 January 2010 (15 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $549 | no data |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | no data | 800 |
| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 628 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 321 million | 1,040 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 113 Watt | 30 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 9.600 | 25.12 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 1.005 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 16 |
| TMUs | 16 | 40 |
Form factor & 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).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | no data |
VRAM capacity and type
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 type | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 700 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 44.8 GB/s | 64 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 2.0 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 October 2005 | 7 January 2010 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 1 GB |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 113 Watt | 30 Watt |
ATI Mobility HD 5850 Mac Edition has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 125% more advanced lithography process, and 276.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon X1800 XT and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon X1800 XT is a desktop graphics card while Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Mac Edition is a notebook one.
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