ATI Radeon HD 5450 vs ATI Mobility HD 3850

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 3850 with Radeon HD 5450, including specs and performance data.

ATI Mobility HD 3850
2008
512 MB GDDR3, 35 Watt
0.69
+97.1%

ATI Mobility HD 3850 outperforms ATI HD 5450 by an impressive 97% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking11781291
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.361.27
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameM88Cedar
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date4 June 2008 (16 years ago)4 February 2010 (14 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 cores32080
Core clock speed580 MHz650 MHz
Number of transistors666 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt19 Watt
Texture fill rate9.2805.200
Floating-point processing power0.3712 TFLOPS0.104 TFLOPS
ROPs164
TMUs168

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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data170 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR3DDR2
Maximum RAM amount512 MB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed750 MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidth48 GB/s6.4 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX10.1 (10_1)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model4.15.0
OpenGL3.34.4
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/AN/A

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Far Cry 5 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Fortnite 1−2 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
World of Tanks 18−20
+111%
9−10
−111%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Far Cry 5 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
World of Tanks 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2 30−35
+100%
16−18
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Valorant 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2 14−16
+114%
7−8
−114%
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+114%
7−8
−114%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+114%
7−8
−114%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Dota 2 14−16
+114%
7−8
−114%
Valorant 1−2 0−1

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.69 0.35
Recency 4 June 2008 4 February 2010
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 19 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 3850 has a 97.1% higher aggregate performance score.

ATI HD 5450, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 84.2% lower power consumption.

The Mobility Radeon HD 3850 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 5450 in performance tests.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 3850 is a notebook card while Radeon HD 5450 is a desktop one.


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