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Radeon HD 4850 1GB vs Radeon HD 5770

Intro

The Radeon HD 4850 1GB comes with a core clock frequency of 625 MHz and a GDDR4 memory speed of 993 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 55 nm design. It features 800(160x5) SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 5770, which features a core clock speed of 850 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1200 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and uses a 40 nm design. It is made up of 800(160x5) SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 5770 108 Watts
Radeon HD 4850 1GB 110 Watts
Difference: 2 Watts (2%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon HD 5770, in theory, should perform much faster than the Radeon HD 4850 1GB in general. (explain)

Radeon HD 5770 76800 MB/sec
Radeon HD 4850 1GB 63552 MB/sec
Difference: 13248 (21%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 5770 will be much (approximately 36%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon HD 4850 1GB. (explain)

Radeon HD 5770 34000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 4850 1GB 25000 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 9000 (36%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 5770 will be quite a bit (approximately 36%) better at AA than the Radeon HD 4850 1GB, and also able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon HD 5770 13600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 4850 1GB 10000 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 3600 (36%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

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Specifications

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Model Radeon HD 4850 1GB Radeon HD 5770
Manufacturer AMD AMD
Year Jun 25, 2008 October 13, 2009
Code Name RV770 PRO Juniper XT
Memory 1024 MB 1024 MB
Core Speed 625 MHz 850 MHz
Memory Speed 1986 MHz 4800 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 110 watts 108 watts
Bandwidth 63552 MB/sec 76800 MB/sec
Texel Rate 25000 Mtexels/sec 34000 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 10000 Mpixels/sec 13600 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 800(160x5) 800(160x5)
Texture Mapping Units 40 40
Render Output Units 16 16
Bus Type GDDR4 GDDR5
Bus Width 256-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 55 nm 40 nm
Transistors 956 million 1040 million
Bus PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.1 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10.1 DirectX 11
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 3.2

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.

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