P104 100 vs Radeon HD 5850

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing P104 100 and Radeon HD 5850. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between P104 100 and Radeon HD 5850. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  P104 100 Radeon HD 5850
Power consumption (TDP) 151 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5X GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • P104 100 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 5850 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • P104 100 has 3 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 5850.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • P104 100 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon HD 5850 - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of P104 100 is 882 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5850.
  • P104 100 is manufactured by 16 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 5850 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • P104 100 is 26 mm longer, than Radeon HD 5850.
  • Memory clock speed of P104 100 is 8008 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 9−10
ultra / 1080p 21−24 5−6
QHD / 1440p 16−18 0−1
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 21−24
medium / 1080p 40−45 12−14
The average gaming FPS of P104 100 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 241% more, than Radeon HD 5850.

Full Specs

  P104 100 Radeon HD 5850
Architecture Pascal Terascale 2
Code name GP104 Cypress
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 12 December 2017 30 September 2009
Pipelines 1920 1440
Core clock speed 1607 MHz 725 MHz
Boost Clock 1733 MHz
Transistor count 7,200 million 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 208.0 52.20
Floating-point performance 8,873 gflops 2,088.0 gflops
Length 267 mm 241 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 10008 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 320.3 GB/s 128.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (12_1) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 6.4 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
CUDA 6.1
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