Radeon HD 5830 vs Radeon Sky 500

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 5830 and Radeon Sky 500, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Radeon HD 5830 stacks up against Radeon Sky 500, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 5830 Radeon Sky 500
Power consumption (TDP) 175 Watt 150 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 5830 has 16% more power consumption, than Radeon Sky 500.
  • Radeon HD 5830 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon Sky 500 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon Sky 500 has 3 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 5830.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 5830 is build with TeraScale 2 architecture, and Radeon Sky 500 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon Sky 500 is 150 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5830.
  • Radeon HD 5830 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon Sky 500 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 5830 is 40 mm longer, than Radeon Sky 500.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Sky 500 is 800 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5830.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 35−40
ultra / 1080p 5−6 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 18−20 60−65
medium / 1080p 10−11 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Sky 500 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 310% more, than Radeon HD 5830.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 5830 Radeon Sky 500
Architecture TeraScale 2 GCN 1.0
Code name Cypress Pitcairn
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 25 February 2010 27 March 2013
Pipelines 1120 1280
Core clock speed 800 MHz 950 MHz
Transistor count 2,154 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 44.80 76.00
Floating-point performance 1,792.0 gflops 2,432 gflops
Length 282 mm 242 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 128.0 GB/s 154 GB/s
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor full height / full length
DisplayPort count 1
Dual-link DVI support +
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