Mobility Radeon HD 5850 vs GeForce GTX 560M

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Aggregated performance score

GTX 560M
2011
1536 MB GDDR5
3.21
+63.8%

GeForce GTX 560M outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 5850 by 64% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking706856
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.110.29
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameN12E-GSBroadway-PRO
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date30 May 2011 (12 years ago)7 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Current price$1198 $153

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

ATI Mobility HD 5850 has 164% better value for money than GTX 560M.

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 cores192800
CUDA cores192no data
Core clock speed775 MHz625 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt39 Watt
Texture fill rate24.8 billion/sec20.00
Floating-point performance595.2 gflops800.0 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 560M and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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 sizelargelarge
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data
SLI options2-wayno 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 typeGDDR5DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1536 MB1 GB
Memory bus widthUp to 192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 60 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.

3D Blu-Ray+no data
3D Gaming+no data
Optimus+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.54.4
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/AN/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.

GTX 560M 3.21
+63.8%
ATI Mobility HD 5850 1.96

GeForce GTX 560M outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 5850 by 64% based on our aggregated benchmark results.


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%

GTX 560M 9300
+66.3%
ATI Mobility HD 5850 5592

GeForce GTX 560M outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 5850 by 66% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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:

900p31
+63.2%
19
−63.2%
Full HD39
+56%
25
−56%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Battlefield 5 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
+30%
10−11
−30%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Hitman 3 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
+25%
8−9
−25%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Battlefield 5 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
+30%
10−11
−30%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Hitman 3 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Metro Exodus 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
+25%
8−9
−25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Battlefield 5 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Hitman 3 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%
Metro Exodus 1−2 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Hitman 3 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%

This is how GTX 560M and ATI Mobility HD 5850 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 560M is 63.2% faster than ATI Mobility HD 5850 in 900p
  • GTX 560M is 56% faster than ATI Mobility HD 5850 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 GTX 560M is 400% faster than the ATI Mobility HD 5850.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 560M is ahead in 43 tests (91%)
  • there's a draw in 4 tests (9%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.21 1.96
Recency 30 May 2011 7 January 2010
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 1 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 39 Watt

The GeForce GTX 560M is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in performance tests.


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