GeForce 6800 GT vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

Place in the ranking	905	1271
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	4.44	0.39
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	Broadway	NV45
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)	8 June 2004 (20 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	800	no data
Core clock speed	500 MHz	350 MHz
Number of transistors	1,040 million	222 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	67 Watt
Texture fill rate	20.00	5.600
Floating-point processing power	0.8 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	16	16
TMUs	40	16

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	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-pin

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	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	32 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

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	5.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

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	19 +533%	3−4 −533%
Full HD	24 +500%	4−5 −500%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5	0−1
Far Cry 5	3−4	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Hitman 3	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 +500%	3−4 −500%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 +900%	1−2 −900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +483%	6−7 −483%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5	0−1
Far Cry 5	3−4	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Hitman 3	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 +500%	3−4 −500%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 +900%	1−2 −900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +500%	2−3 −500%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +483%	6−7 −483%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5	0−1
Far Cry 5	3−4	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Hitman 3	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 +500%	3−4 −500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 +900%	1−2 −900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +500%	2−3 −500%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +483%	6−7 −483%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4	0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3	0−1
Hitman 3	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12 +450%	2−3 −450%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

0−1

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

0−1

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5850 and 6800 GT compete in popular games:

ATI Mobility HD 5850 is 533% faster in 900p
ATI Mobility HD 5850 is 500% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.91	0.37
Recency	7 January 2010	8 June 2004
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	67 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 5850 has a 416.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 225% more advanced lithography process, and 123.3% lower power consumption.

The Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 6800 GT in performance tests.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is a notebook card while GeForce 6800 GT is a desktop one.

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