Radeon HD 5850 vs GeForce 945M

Place in performance ranking	572	584
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	2.59	0.79
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	GM107	Cypress
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	12 March 2015 (9 years old)	30 September 2009 (14 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$299
Current price	$163	$120 (0.4x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GeForce 945M has 228% better value for money than ATI HD 5850.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	512	1440
Core clock speed	928 MHz	725 MHz
Boost clock speed	1045 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,870 million	2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	151 Watt
Texture fill rate	40.80	52.20
Floating-point performance	953.9 gflops	2,088.0 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce 945M and Radeon HD 5850 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	241 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin

Memory

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	DDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	128.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI	no data	+

Technologies

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

GPU Boost	2.0	no data
Optimus	+	no data
GameWorks	+	no data

API support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GeForce 945M 5.44
+6%

ATI HD 5850 5.13

GeForce 945M outperforms Radeon HD 5850 by 6% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GeForce 945M 2107
+6%

ATI HD 5850 1988

GeForce 945M outperforms Radeon HD 5850 by 6% in Passmark.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GeForce 945M 13507
+1.8%

ATI HD 5850 13267

GeForce 945M outperforms Radeon HD 5850 by 2% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GeForce 945M 3310

ATI HD 5850 3401
+2.8%

Radeon HD 5850 outperforms GeForce 945M by 3% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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	60−65 +1.7%	59 −1.7%
Full HD	27 −111%	57 +111%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

9−10

+0%

9−10

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Battlefield 5	16−18 +13.3%	14−16 −13.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 +6.3%	16−18 −6.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Far Cry 5	12−14 +9.1%	10−12 −9.1%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 +9.1%	10−12 −9.1%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 +5.9%	16−18 −5.9%
Hitman 3	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Battlefield 5	16−18 +13.3%	14−16 −13.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 +6.3%	16−18 −6.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Far Cry 5	12−14 +9.1%	10−12 −9.1%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 +9.1%	10−12 −9.1%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 +5.9%	16−18 −5.9%
Hitman 3	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Metro Exodus	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	17 +54.5%	10−12 −54.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Battlefield 5	16−18 +13.3%	14−16 −13.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Far Cry 5	12−14 +9.1%	10−12 −9.1%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 +9.1%	10−12 −9.1%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 +5.9%	16−18 −5.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9 −22.2%	10−12 +22.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Hitman 3	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +9.1%	10−12 −9.1%
Metro Exodus	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Battlefield 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry 5	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Hitman 3	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Battlefield 5	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1

This is how GeForce 945M and ATI HD 5850 compete in popular games:

GeForce 945M is 1.7% faster than ATI HD 5850 in 900p
ATI HD 5850 is 111% faster than GeForce 945M in 1080p

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

in Battlefield 5, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GeForce 945M is 100% faster than the ATI HD 5850.
in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the ATI HD 5850 is 22.2% faster than the GeForce 945M.

All in all, in popular games:

GeForce 945M is ahead in 24 tests (38%)
ATI HD 5850 is ahead in 1 test (2%)
there's a draw in 38 tests (60%)

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	5.44	5.13
Recency	12 March 2015	30 September 2009
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	151 Watt