ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Broadway | NV35 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Broadway PRO (216-0769024) | — |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Rankine |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 130 nm |
| Number of transistors | 1,040 million | 135 million |
| Die size | 166 mm² | 207 mm² |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Jan 7th, 2010 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Manhattan (Mobility HD 5800) | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | — |
| Reviews | 2 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | M9x | — |
| Successor | Vancouver | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 628 MHz | 400 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 1000 MHz 4 Gbps effective | 350 MHz 700 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 1024 MB | 128 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | DDR |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 64.00 GB/s | 22.40 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 800 | — |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 40 | 8 |
| ROPs | 16 | 4 |
| Compute units | 10 | — |
| Cache L1 | 8 KB (per CU) | — |
| Cache L2 | 256 KB | — |
| Pixel shaders | — | 4 |
| Vertex shaders | — | 3 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 10.05 GPixel/s | 1.600 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 25.12 GTexel/s | 3.200 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 1,005 GFLOPS | — |
| Vertex rate | — | 300.0 MVertices/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | MXM Module | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 30 W | 35 W |
| Outputs | No outputs | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video |
| Board number | B971 | — |
| Suggested PSU | — | 200 W |
| Power connectors | — | 1x Molex |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 9.0a |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 1.5 (2.1) |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 5.0 | — |
| Pixel shader | — | 2.0a |
| Vertex shader | — | 2.0a |
Other Features
Graphics Card
| Release date | — | May 12th, 2003 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce FX |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | AGP 8x |
| Reviews | — | 11 in our database |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 4 Ti |
| Successor | — | GeForce 6 AGP |
