Mobility Radeon HD 5850 vs GeForce GTX 750 Ti
Aggregated performance score
GeForce GTX 750 Ti outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 5850 by a whopping 415% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 410 | 857 |
| Place by popularity | 21 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.09 | 0.29 |
| Architecture | Maxwell (2014−2018) | Terascale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | GM107 | Broadway-PRO |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 18 February 2014 (10 years ago) | 7 January 2010 (14 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $149 | no data |
| Current price | $357 (2.4x MSRP) | $153 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
GTX 750 Ti has 276% 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 | 640 | 800 |
| CUDA cores | 640 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 1020 MHz | 625 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1085 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,870 million | 1,040 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 60 Watt | 39 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 43.40 | 20.00 |
| Floating-point performance | 1,389 gflops | 800.0 gflops |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on GeForce GTX 750 Ti 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 | PCI Express 3.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 5.7" (14.5 cm) | no data |
| Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | 4 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 5.4 GB/s | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 86.4 GB/s | 64 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 Connectors | One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One mini-HDMI | No outputs |
| Multi monitor support | 4 displays | no data |
| HDMI | + | no data |
| HDCP | + | no data |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | no data |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Blu Ray 3D | + | no data |
| 3D Gaming | + | no data |
| 3D Vision | + | no data |
| 3D Vision Live | + | 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 | 4.6 | 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 GTX 750 Ti outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 5850 by 415% 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%
GeForce GTX 750 Ti outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 5850 by 286% 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:
| 900p | 95−100
+400%
| 19
−400%
|
| Full HD | 50
+100%
| 25
−100%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 16−18
+300%
|
4−5
−300%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 21−24
+950%
|
2−3
−950%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 14−16
+650%
|
2−3
−650%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 30−35
+1600%
|
2−3
−1600%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 27−30
+170%
|
10−11
−170%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 16−18
+300%
|
4−5
−300%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 24−27
+2400%
|
1−2
−2400%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 27−30
+2600%
|
1−2
−2600%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 35−40
+800%
|
4−5
−800%
|
| Hitman 3 | 24−27
+767%
|
3−4
−767%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 21−24
+950%
|
2−3
−950%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 16−18
+240%
|
5−6
−240%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 21−24
+163%
|
8−9
−163%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 18−20
+500%
|
3−4
−500%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 21−24
+950%
|
2−3
−950%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 14−16
+650%
|
2−3
−650%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 30−35
+1600%
|
2−3
−1600%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 27−30
+170%
|
10−11
−170%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 16−18
+300%
|
4−5
−300%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 24−27
+2400%
|
1−2
−2400%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 27−30
+2600%
|
1−2
−2600%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 35−40
+800%
|
4−5
−800%
|
| Hitman 3 | 24−27
+767%
|
3−4
−767%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 21−24
+950%
|
2−3
−950%
|
| Metro Exodus | 14−16
+400%
|
3−4
−400%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 16−18
+240%
|
5−6
−240%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 21−24
+163%
|
8−9
−163%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 21−24
+320%
|
5−6
−320%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 18−20
+500%
|
3−4
−500%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 21−24
+950%
|
2−3
−950%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 14−16
+650%
|
2−3
−650%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 30−35
+1600%
|
2−3
−1600%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 16−18
+300%
|
4−5
−300%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 24−27
+2400%
|
1−2
−2400%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 27−30
+2600%
|
1−2
−2600%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 35−40
+800%
|
4−5
−800%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 21−24
+320%
|
5−6
−320%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 18−20
+500%
|
3−4
−500%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 14−16
+275%
|
4−5
−275%
|
| Hitman 3 | 16−18
+300%
|
4−5
−300%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 16−18
+77.8%
|
9−10
−77.8%
|
| Metro Exodus | 8−9 | 0−1 |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 7−8
+600%
|
1−2
−600%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 12−14
+160%
|
5−6
−160%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 9−10
+800%
|
1−2
−800%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 6−7
+500%
|
1−2
−500%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 16−18
+467%
|
3−4
−467%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 5−6
+400%
|
1−2
−400%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 16−18
+433%
|
3−4
−433%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 16−18
+433%
|
3−4
−433%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 18−20
+500%
|
3−4
−500%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 9−10
+350%
|
2−3
−350%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 5−6 | 0−1 |
4K
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 7−8
+250%
|
2−3
−250%
|
| Hitman 3 | 9−10
+350%
|
2−3
−350%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 8−9
+14.3%
|
7−8
−14.3%
|
| Metro Exodus | 4−5 | 0−1 |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 5−6
+400%
|
1−2
−400%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 5−6 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 8−9
+700%
|
1−2
−700%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 6−7
+500%
|
1−2
−500%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 4−5 | 0−1 |
| Battlefield 5 | 8−9
+700%
|
1−2
−700%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 8−9
+167%
|
3−4
−167%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 10−12
+120%
|
5−6
−120%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 12−14
+500%
|
2−3
−500%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 3−4 | 0−1 |
This is how GTX 750 Ti and ATI Mobility HD 5850 compete in popular games:
- GTX 750 Ti is 400% faster in 900p
- GTX 750 Ti is 100% faster in 1080p
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Far Cry New Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 750 Ti is 2600% faster than the ATI Mobility HD 5850.
All in all, in popular games:
- Without exception, GTX 750 Ti surpassed ATI Mobility HD 5850 in all 47 of our tests.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 10.09 | 1.96 |
| Recency | 18 February 2014 | 7 January 2010 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 1 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 60 Watt | 39 Watt |
The GeForce GTX 750 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in performance tests.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 750 Ti is a desktop card while Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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