AMD ATI Radeon HD 5850
VLIW5 (Cypress Pro)
Architecture
High-end
Product Tier
1440
Shader Cores
32
ROPs
72
TMUs
No RT
Ray Tracing
1 GB
Memory
GDDR5
Memory Type
128 GB/s
Bandwidth
151 W
TDP
| GPU Snapshot | |||
| Release date: | Sep 30, 2009 | Price at Launch: | $299 |
| Type: | Desktop | Architecture: | VLIW5 (Cypress Pro) |
| Generation: | Radeon HD 5000 series | Product Tier: | High-end |
| VRAM Capacity: | 1 GB | Total Board Power: | 151 W |
| Core Configuration | |||
| Shader Cores: | 1440 | TMUs: | 72 |
| ROPs: | 32 | L2 Cache: | 512 KB |
| Memory | |||
| VRAM Capacity: | 1 GB | Memory Type: | GDDR5 |
| Memory Speed: | 4 Gbps | Memory Bus: | 256-bit |
| Bandwidth: | 128 GB/s | ||
| Graphics Processing | |||
| Base Clock: | 0.725 GHz | FP32 Throughput: | 2.09 TFLOPs |
| Ray Tracing: | No | Process Size: | 40nm |
| Process Name: | TSMC 40nm | Die Size: | 334 mm² |
| Power & Connectivity | |||
| Total Board Power: | 151 W | Power Connectors: | 2x 6-pin |
| Bus Interface: | PCIe 2.0 x16 | HDMI Support: | HDMI 1.3 |
| DisplayPort Support: | DP 1.1 | DSC: | No |
| Max Displays: | 3 | ||
| Media & Software Support | |||
| DirectX Support: | 11.2 | Shader Model: | 5.0 |
| OpenGL Version: | 4.4 | ||
Lesson one for the trainee PC performance enthusiast. Whether it's CPUs or GPUs, always go for a cut-down version of a flagship chip if you want to maximise your bang-for-buck ratio.Enter, therefore, AMD's ATI Radeon HD 5850 graphics chipset....
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