Radeon HD 7450A vs ATI Mobility HD 5850

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 5850 and Radeon HD 7450A, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI Mobility HD 5850
2010
1 GB GDDR5, 30 Watt
1.74
+152%

Mobility HD 5850 outperforms HD 7450A by a whopping 152% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking9691224
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.462.12
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameBroadwayCaicos
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 January 2010 (15 years ago)5 January 2012 (13 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 cores800160
Core clock speed500 MHz625 MHz
Number of transistors1,040 million370 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate20.005.000
Floating-point processing power0.8 TFLOPS0.2 TFLOPS
ROPs164
TMUs408
L1 Cache80 KB16 KB
L2 Cache256 KB128 KB

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 x16MXM-A (3.0)

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s12.8 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.05.0
OpenGL4.44.4
OpenCL1.21.2
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.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p19
+171%
7−8
−171%
Full HD25
+178%
9−10
−178%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 2−3 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Counter-Strike 2 2−3 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Escape from Tarkov 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Fortnite 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
Forza Horizon 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
+175%
4−5
−175%
Valorant 35−40
+164%
14−16
−164%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Counter-Strike 2 2−3 0−1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 35−40
+164%
14−16
−164%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Dota 2 20−22
+186%
7−8
−186%
Escape from Tarkov 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Fortnite 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
Forza Horizon 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Grand Theft Auto V 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
+175%
4−5
−175%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Valorant 35−40
+164%
14−16
−164%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Dota 2 20−22
+186%
7−8
−186%
Escape from Tarkov 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
+175%
4−5
−175%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Valorant 35−40
+164%
14−16
−164%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 12−14
+200%
4−5
−200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
+157%
7−8
−157%
Valorant 10−12
+175%
4−5
−175%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Escape from Tarkov 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Far Cry 5 2−3 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+180%
5−6
−180%
Valorant 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%

4K
Ultra

Dota 2 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Escape from Tarkov 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5850 and HD 7450A compete in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 5850 is 171% faster in 900p
  • ATI Mobility HD 5850 is 178% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.74 0.69
Recency 7 January 2010 5 January 2012
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 25 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 5850 has a 152.2% higher aggregate performance score, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

HD 7450A, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 20% lower power consumption.

The Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 7450A in performance tests.

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