ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Mac Edition vs HD 7480D

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1166not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.76no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 3 (2010−2013)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameScrapper LiteBroadway
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date2 October 2012 (12 years ago)7 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$53 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores128800
Core clock speed723 MHz628 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,303 million1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology32 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rate6.40025.12
Floating-point processing power0.2048 TFLOPS1.005 TFLOPS
ROPs416
TMUs840

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfaceIGPMXM-B (3.0)
WidthIGPno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared1 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data64 GB/s
Shared memory+-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.2 (11_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.05.0
OpenGL4.44.4
OpenCL1.21.2
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 October 2012 7 January 2010
Chip lithography 32 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 30 Watt

HD 7480D has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 25% more advanced lithography process.

ATI Mobility HD 5850 Mac Edition, on the other hand, has 116.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7480D and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7480D is a desktop card while Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Mac Edition is a notebook one.


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