FirePro V5900 vs Radeon HD 5850

In this comparison between FirePro V5900 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 FirePro V5900 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

  FirePro V5900 Radeon HD 5850
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 151 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 5850 has 101% more power consumption, than FirePro V5900.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro V5900 has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 5850.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro V5900 is build with TeraScale 3 architecture, and Radeon HD 5850 - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 5850 is 125 MHz higher, than FirePro V5900.
  • FirePro V5900 and Radeon HD 5850 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 5850 is 11 mm longer, than FirePro V5900.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro V5900 and Radeon HD 5850 is 2000 MHz.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 9−10
ultra / 1080p 2−3 5−6
QHD / 1440p 1−2 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 21−24
medium / 1080p 7−8 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 71% more, than FirePro V5900.

Full Specs

  FirePro V5900 Radeon HD 5850
Architecture TeraScale 3 Terascale 2
Code name Cayman Cypress
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 24 May 2011 30 September 2009
Pipelines 512 1440
Core clock speed 600 MHz 725 MHz
Transistor count 2,640 million 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 19.20 52.20
Floating-point performance 614.4 gflops 2,088.0 gflops
Length 230 mm 241 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 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
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 66 Mh/s
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