Radeon HD 5770 vs Radeon HD 5850

In this comparison between Radeon HD 5770 and Radeon HD 5850 you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people Radeon HD 5770 will be the best choice, for others Radeon HD 5850 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 5770 Radeon HD 5850
Power consumption (TDP) 108 Watt 151 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 5850 has 39% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 5770.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon HD 5770 and Radeon HD 5850 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 5770 and Radeon HD 5850 are build with Terascale 2 architecture.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 5770 is 125 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5850.
  • Radeon HD 5770 and Radeon HD 5850 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 5850 is 33 mm longer, than Radeon HD 5770.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 5770 is 2800 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 9−10
ultra / 1080p 5−6 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 18−20 21−24
medium / 1080p 10−11 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 20% more, than Radeon HD 5770.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 5770 Radeon HD 5850
Architecture Terascale 2 Terascale 2
Code name Juniper Cypress
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 13 October 2009 30 September 2009
Pipelines 800 1440
Core clock speed 850 MHz 725 MHz
Transistor count 1,040 million 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 34.00 52.20
Floating-point performance 1,360.0 gflops 2,088.0 gflops
Length 208 mm 241 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 128.0 GB/s
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.0
OpenGL 4.4 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan N/A N/A
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