Iris Xe MAX Graphics vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 5850 and Iris Xe MAX Graphics, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI Mobility HD 5850
2010
1 GB GDDR5, 30 Watt
1.91

Iris Xe MAX Graphics outperforms ATI Mobility HD 5850 by a whopping 168% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking907624
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.3614.04
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Generation 12.1 (2020−2021)
GPU code nameBroadwayDG1
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 January 2010 (14 years ago)31 October 2020 (4 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 cores800768
Core clock speed500 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1650 MHz
Number of transistors1,040 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate20.0079.20
Floating-point processing power0.8 TFLOPS2.534 TFLOPS
ROPs1624
TMUs4048

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 4.0 x4

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 typeGDDR5LPDDR4X
Maximum RAM amount1 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz2133 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s68.26 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

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.06.4
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.23.0
VulkanN/A1.2

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:

900p19
−163%
50−55
+163%
Full HD24
−12.5%
27
+12.5%
1440p6−7
−183%
17
+183%
4K5−6
−200%
15
+200%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−350%
18−20
+350%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−286%
27−30
+286%
Battlefield 5 1−2
−3500%
35−40
+3500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−360%
21−24
+360%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−350%
18−20
+350%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−540%
30−35
+540%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−850%
75−80
+850%
Hitman 3 7−8
−243%
24
+243%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
−239%
60−65
+239%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−725%
33
+725%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−270%
35−40
+270%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−94.3%
65−70
+94.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−286%
27−30
+286%
Battlefield 5 1−2
−3500%
35−40
+3500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−360%
21−24
+360%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−350%
18−20
+350%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−540%
30−35
+540%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−850%
75−80
+850%
Hitman 3 7−8
−229%
23
+229%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
−239%
60−65
+239%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−700%
30−35
+700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−230%
33
+230%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−142%
27−30
+142%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−94.3%
65−70
+94.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−286%
27−30
+286%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−360%
21−24
+360%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−350%
18−20
+350%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−850%
75−80
+850%
Hitman 3 7−8
−200%
21
+200%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
−44.4%
26
+44.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−190%
29
+190%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−50%
18
+50%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−94.3%
65−70
+94.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−525%
25
+525%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
−633%
21−24
+633%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−467%
16−18
+467%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−450%
10−12
+450%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−1100%
12−14
+1100%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−500%
6−7
+500%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−550%
12−14
+550%
Hitman 3 7−8
−100%
14−16
+100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7
−283%
21−24
+283%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−1000%
10−12
+1000%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−12
−555%
70−75
+555%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−280%
18−20
+280%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−700%
8−9
+700%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 5−6
Far Cry 5 1−2
−500%
6−7
+500%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 4−5

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−267%
10−12
+267%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 19
+0%
19
+0%
Metro Exodus 57
+0%
57
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6
+0%
6
+0%
Metro Exodus 43
+0%
43
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Metro Exodus 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20
+0%
20
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Hitman 3 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Metro Exodus 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 11
+0%
11
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 11
+0%
11
+0%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5850 and Iris Xe MAX Graphics compete in popular games:

  • Iris Xe MAX Graphics is 163% faster in 900p
  • Iris Xe MAX Graphics is 13% faster in 1080p
  • Iris Xe MAX Graphics is 183% faster in 1440p
  • Iris Xe MAX Graphics is 200% faster in 4K

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

  • in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Iris Xe MAX Graphics is 3500% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Iris Xe MAX Graphics is ahead in 53 tests (76%)
  • there's a draw in 17 tests (24%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.91 5.12
Recency 7 January 2010 31 October 2020
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 25 Watt

Iris Xe MAX Graphics has a 168.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 20% lower power consumption.

The Iris Xe MAX Graphics is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in performance tests.


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