Mobility Radeon HD 5850 vs GeForce GTX 460

Place in performance ranking	562	857
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.00	0.30
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	GF104	Broadway-PRO
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	12 July 2010 (13 years ago)	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	no data
Current price	$128 (0.6x MSRP)	$153

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 460 has 233% better value for money than ATI Mobility HD 5850.

Detailed specifications

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	336	800
Core clock speed	675 MHz	625 MHz
Number of transistors	1,950 million	1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	160 Watt	39 Watt
Texture fill rate	37.80	20.00
Floating-point performance	907.2 gflops	800.0 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 460 and Mobility 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	no data	large
Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	8.25"(210 mm) (21 cm)	no data
Height	4.376"(111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin & 6-pin	no data
SLI options	+	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	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	86.4 GB/s	64 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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 Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data
HDCP	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API compatibility

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	4.1	4.4
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	no data

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	55−60 +189%	19 −189%
Full HD	65−70 +183%	23 −183%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

10−11

+150%

4−5
−150%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Battlefield 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +180%	5−6 −180%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 +150%	4−5 −150%
Far Cry 5	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 +180%	5−6 −180%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 +157%	7−8 −157%
Hitman 3	10−11 +150%	4−5 −150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 +181%	16−18 −181%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 +150%	4−5 −150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30 +170%	10−11 −170%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +169%	12−14 −169%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Battlefield 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +180%	5−6 −180%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 +150%	4−5 −150%
Far Cry 5	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 +180%	5−6 −180%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 +157%	7−8 −157%
Hitman 3	10−11 +150%	4−5 −150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 +181%	16−18 −181%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 +150%	4−5 −150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30 +170%	10−11 −170%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +180%	5−6 −180%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +169%	12−14 −169%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +180%	5−6 −180%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 +150%	4−5 −150%
Far Cry 5	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 +157%	7−8 −157%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 +181%	16−18 −181%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30 +170%	10−11 −170%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +180%	5−6 −180%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +169%	12−14 −169%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−11

+150%

4−5
−150%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +180%	5−6 −180%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry 5	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Hitman 3	18−20 +157%	7−8 −157%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 +167%	6−7 −167%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16

+180%

5−6
−180%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Metro Exodus	10−11 +150%	4−5 −150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1