ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 vs GeForce 845M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce 845M and Mobility Radeon HD 5850, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GeForce 845M
2015
2 GB GDDR5, 45 Watt
3.87
+107%

845M outperforms ATI Mobility HD 5850 by a whopping 107% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking705914
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency8.244.37
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGM108Broadway
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date26 August 2015 (9 years ago)7 January 2010 (15 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores384800
Core clock speed1071 MHz500 MHz
Boost clock speed1176 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,870 million1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rate37.6320.00
Floating-point processing power0.9032 TFLOPS0.8 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs3240

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 sizemedium sizedlarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 2.0 x16

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth40.1 GB/s64 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

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus+-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+-

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:

900p35−40
+84.2%
19
−84.2%
Full HD22
−13.6%
25
+13.6%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
Counter-Strike 2 10−11
+25%
8−9
−25%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
Battlefield 5 14−16
+250%
4−5
−250%
Counter-Strike 2 10−11
+25%
8−9
−25%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Far Cry 5 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Fortnite 21−24
+200%
7−8
−200%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+88.9%
9−10
−88.9%
Forza Horizon 5 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14−16
+50%
10−11
−50%
Valorant 50−55
+36.8%
35−40
−36.8%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
Battlefield 5 14−16
+250%
4−5
−250%
Counter-Strike 2 10−11
+25%
8−9
−25%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 65−70
+81.1%
35−40
−81.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Dota 2 30−35
+61.9%
21−24
−61.9%
Far Cry 5 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Fortnite 21−24
+200%
7−8
−200%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+88.9%
9−10
−88.9%
Forza Horizon 5 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Grand Theft Auto V 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%
Metro Exodus 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14−16
+50%
10−11
−50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
Valorant 50−55
+36.8%
35−40
−36.8%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 14−16
+250%
4−5
−250%
Counter-Strike 2 10−11
+25%
8−9
−25%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Dota 2 30−35
+61.9%
21−24
−61.9%
Far Cry 5 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+88.9%
9−10
−88.9%
Forza Horizon 5 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14−16
+50%
10−11
−50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
Valorant 50−55
+36.8%
35−40
−36.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 21−24
+200%
7−8
−200%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 27−30
+133%
12−14
−133%
Grand Theft Auto V 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Metro Exodus 2−3 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 27−30
+115%
12−14
−115%
Valorant 35−40
+200%
12−14
−200%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Forza Horizon 5 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
+6.7%
14−16
−6.7%
Valorant 18−20
+111%
9−10
−111%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Dota 2 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Forza Horizon 5 1−2 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%

This is how GeForce 845M and ATI Mobility HD 5850 compete in popular games:

  • GeForce 845M is 84% faster in 900p
  • ATI Mobility HD 5850 is 14% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Far Cry 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GeForce 845M is 800% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GeForce 845M surpassed ATI Mobility HD 5850 in all 56 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.87 1.87
Recency 26 August 2015 7 January 2010
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 30 Watt

GeForce 845M has a 107% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

ATI Mobility HD 5850, on the other hand, has 50% lower power consumption.

The GeForce 845M is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in performance tests.

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