Radeon 780M vs ATI Mobility HD 5850

Place in the ranking	910	305
Place by popularity	not in top-100	48
Power efficiency	4.39	84.09
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code name	Broadway	Hawx Point
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2010 (15 years ago)	6 December 2023 (1 year 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	768
Core clock speed	500 MHz	800 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2700 MHz
Number of transistors	1,040 million	25,390 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	20.00	129.6
Floating-point processing power	0.8 TFLOPS	8.294 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	32
TMUs	40	48
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	12

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 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	128 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	no data
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

Portable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.0	6.8
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.1
Vulkan	N/A	1.3

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.

ATI Mobility HD 5850 1.91

Radeon 780M 18.29
+858%

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.

ATI Mobility HD 5850 5592

Radeon 780M 41622
+644%

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 −847%	180−190 +847%
Full HD	23 −56.5%	36 +56.5%
1440p	1−2 −1800%	19 +1800%
4K	1−2 −1200%	13 +1200%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −300%	32 +300%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −680%	39 +680%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −1867%	55−60 +1867%
Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −300%	32 +300%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −200%	15 +200%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −491%	65 +491%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −2100%	44 +2100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −438%	40−45 +438%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −1867%	55−60 +1867%
Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −213%	25 +213%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −140%	12 +140%
Dota 2	4−5 −625%	29 +625%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −146%	32 +146%
Fortnite	9−10 −989%	95−100 +989%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −391%	54 +391%
Grand Theft Auto V	4−5 −1025%	45 +1025%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −1500%	32 +1500%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	18−20 −563%	120−130 +563%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −438%	40−45 +438%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 −613%	55−60 +613%
World of Tanks	35−40 −495%	220−230 +495%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −1867%	55−60 +1867%
Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −175%	22 +175%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −140%	12 +140%
Dota 2	4−5 −1525%	65−70 +1525%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −385%	60−65 +385%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −318%	46 +318%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	18−20 −563%	120−130 +563%

1440p
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V	0−1	19
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14 −1177%	160−170 +1177%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −1500%	16−18 +1500%
World of Tanks	12−14 −942%	120−130 +942%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +93.8%	16 −93.8%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −367%	14−16 +367%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −700%	45−50 +700%
Forza Horizon 5	2−3 −1350%	27−30 +1350%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −300%	20 +300%
Valorant	7−8 −571%	45−50 +571%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 −31.3%	21 +31.3%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −40%	21 +40%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	5−6 −1000%	55−60 +1000%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −1100%	12−14 +1100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −40%	21 +40%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −1700%	18−20 +1700%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Dota 2	16−18 −93.8%	30−35 +93.8%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −2200%	21−24 +2200%
Fortnite	0−1	21−24
Valorant	2−3 −950%	21−24 +950%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Forza Horizon 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Valorant	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Forza Horizon 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Valorant	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Valorant	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	32 +0%	32 +0%
Metro Exodus	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	17 +0%	17 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5850 and Radeon 780M compete in popular games:

Radeon 780M is 847% faster in 900p
Radeon 780M is 57% faster in 1080p
Radeon 780M is 1800% faster in 1440p
Radeon 780M is 1200% faster in 4K

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

in Counter-Strike 2, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the ATI Mobility HD 5850 is 94% faster.
in Far Cry 5, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Radeon 780M is 2200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

ATI Mobility HD 5850 is ahead in 1 test (2%)
Radeon 780M is ahead in 46 tests (74%)
there's a draw in 15 tests (24%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.91	18.29
Recency	7 January 2010	6 December 2023
Chip lithography	40 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	15 Watt

Radeon 780M has a 857.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, a 900% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

The Radeon 780M 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.