ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 vs ATI HD 5830

Place in the ranking	740	991
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.83	4.49
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	Cypress	Broadway
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	25 February 2010 (16 years ago)	7 January 2010 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

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

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1120	800
Core clock speed	800 MHz	500 MHz
Number of transistors	2,154 million	1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	175 Watt	30 Watt
Texture fill rate	44.80	20.00
Floating-point processing power	1.792 TFLOPS	0.8 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	16
TMUs	56	40
L1 Cache	112 KB	80 KB
L2 Cache	512 KB	256 KB

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).

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	282 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	no 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB/s	64 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

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

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

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	45−50 +137%	19 −137%
Full HD	55−60 +120%	25 −120%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Palworld	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Resident Evil 4 Remake	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Fortnite	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Palworld	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Valorant	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Dota 2	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Far Cry 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Fortnite	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Metro Exodus	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Palworld	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Valorant	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Dota 2	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Far Cry 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Valorant	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Palworld	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Valorant	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Palworld	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Valorant	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%

4K
Ultra

Dota 2	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite

3−4

+0%

3−4

+0%

This is how ATI HD 5830 and ATI Mobility HD 5850 compete in popular games:

ATI HD 5830 is 137% faster in 900p
ATI HD 5830 is 120% faster in 1080p

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 52 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.14	1.74
Recency	25 February 2010	7 January 2010
Power consumption (TDP)	175 Watt	30 Watt

ATI HD 5830 has a 138% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 1 month.

ATI Mobility HD 5850, on the other hand, has 483% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 5830 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 5830 is a desktop graphics card while Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is a notebook one.

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