ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 vs GeForce GTX 870M

Place in the ranking	484	910
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	6.23	4.39
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	GK104	Broadway
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	12 March 2014 (10 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 cores	1344	800
Core clock speed	941 MHz	500 MHz
Boost clock speed	967 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	3,540 million	1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	30 Watt
Texture fill rate	108.3	20.00
Floating-point processing power	2.599 TFLOPS	0.8 TFLOPS
ROPs	24	16
TMUs	112	40

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 size	large	large
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data
SLI options	+	-

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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	1 GB
Standard memory configuration	GDDR5	no data
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 2500 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	120.0 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	No outputs	No outputs
eDP 1.2 signal support	Up to 3840x2160	no data
LVDS signal support	Up to 1920x1200	no data
VGA аnalog display support	Up to 2048x1536	no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	Up to 3840x2160	no data
HDMI	+	-
HDCP content protection	+	-
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI	+	-
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming	+	-

Supported technologies

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

H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	+	-
Optimus	+	-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D 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	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 870M 9.04
+373%

ATI Mobility HD 5850 1.91

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.

GTX 870M 24035
+330%

ATI Mobility HD 5850 5592

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	85−90 +347%	19 −347%
Full HD	45 +95.7%	23 −95.7%
4K	20 +400%	4−5 −400%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	16−18 +100%	8−9 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 +260%	5−6 −260%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 +867%	3−4 −867%
Counter-Strike 2	16−18 +100%	8−9 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 +260%	5−6 −260%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 +227%	10−12 −227%
Forza Horizon 5	21−24 +450%	4−5 −450%
Metro Exodus	24−27 +1100%	2−3 −1100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 +200%	8−9 −200%
Valorant	30−35 +386%	7−8 −386%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 +867%	3−4 −867%
Counter-Strike 2	16−18 +100%	8−9 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 +260%	5−6 −260%
Dota 2	24 +500%	4−5 −500%
Far Cry 5	35−40 +192%	12−14 −192%
Fortnite	50−55 +489%	9−10 −489%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 +227%	10−12 −227%
Forza Horizon 5	21−24 +450%	4−5 −450%
Grand Theft Auto V	36 +800%	4−5 −800%
Metro Exodus	24−27 +1100%	2−3 −1100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	70−75 +274%	18−20 −274%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 +200%	8−9 −200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	31 +288%	8−9 −288%
Valorant	30−35 +386%	7−8 −386%
World of Tanks	130−140 +259%	35−40 −259%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 +867%	3−4 −867%
Counter-Strike 2	16−18 +100%	8−9 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 +260%	5−6 −260%
Dota 2	30−35 +700%	4−5 −700%
Far Cry 5	35−40 +192%	12−14 −192%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 +227%	10−12 −227%
Forza Horizon 5	21−24 +450%	4−5 −450%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	70−75 +274%	18−20 −274%
Valorant	30−35 +386%	7−8 −386%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	10−12 +450%	2−3 −450%
Grand Theft Auto V	12−14	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	40−45 +238%	12−14 −238%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
World of Tanks	65−70 +442%	12−14 −442%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 +467%	3−4 −467%
Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Far Cry 5	18−20 +217%	6−7 −217%
Forza Horizon 4	20−22 +400%	4−5 −400%
Forza Horizon 5	14−16 +600%	2−3 −600%
Metro Exodus	16−18 +433%	3−4 −433%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +140%	5−6 −140%
Valorant	21−24 +229%	7−8 −229%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	3−4	0−1
Dota 2	18−20 +18.8%	16−18 −18.8%
Grand Theft Auto V	18−20 +26.7%	14−16 −26.7%
Metro Exodus	4−5	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	24−27 +420%	5−6 −420%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 +26.7%	14−16 −26.7%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Counter-Strike 2	3−4	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Dota 2	18−20 +18.8%	16−18 −18.8%
Far Cry 5	10−12 +1000%	1−2 −1000%
Fortnite	9−10	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 +450%	2−3 −450%
Forza Horizon 5	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Valorant	9−10 +350%	2−3 −350%

This is how GTX 870M and ATI Mobility HD 5850 compete in popular games:

GTX 870M is 347% faster in 900p
GTX 870M is 96% faster in 1080p
GTX 870M is 400% faster in 4K

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

in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 870M is 1100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

GTX 870M is ahead in 46 tests (98%)
there's a draw in 1 test (2%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	9.04	1.91
Recency	12 March 2014	7 January 2010
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	30 Watt

GTX 870M has a 373.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

ATI Mobility HD 5850, on the other hand, has 233.3% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 870M is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.