Radeon RX Vega 7 vs Mobility HD 5850

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Aggregated performance score

ATI Mobility HD 5850
2010
1024 MB DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
1.96

RX Vega 7 outperforms Mobility HD 5850 by 279% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary Details

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

Place in performance ranking855498
Place by popularitynot in top-10011
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation0.2910.95
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)Vega (2017−2021)
GPU code nameBroadway-PROVega Raven Ridge
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 January 2010 (14 years ago)7 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Current price$153 $387

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX Vega 7 has 3676% better value for money than ATI Mobility HD 5850.

Detailed Specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores800448
Core clock speed625 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1800 MHz
Number of transistors1,040 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)39 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate20.00no data
Floating-point performance800.0 gflopsno data

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on Mobility Radeon HD 5850 and Radeon RX Vega 7 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data

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 typeDDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount1 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed2000 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth64 GB/sno 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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data

API Compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12_1
Shader Model5.0no data
OpenGL4.4no data
OpenCL1.2no data
VulkanN/Ano data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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 1.96
RX Vega 7 7.43
+279%

RX Vega 7 outperforms Mobility HD 5850 by 279% based on our aggregated benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

ATI Mobility HD 5850 5592
RX Vega 7 17714
+217%

RX Vega 7 outperforms Mobility HD 5850 by 217% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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
−268%
70−75
+268%
Full HD25
+8.7%
23
−8.7%
1440p8−9
−300%
32
+300%
4K4−5
−350%
18
+350%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−350%
18
+350%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−950%
21
+950%
Battlefield 5 2−3
−1300%
28
+1300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
−130%
23
+130%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−250%
14
+250%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−1900%
20
+1900%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−2000%
21
+2000%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−1133%
37
+1133%
Hitman 3 3−4
−600%
21
+600%
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
−1050%
23
+1050%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−200%
15
+200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−125%
18
+125%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−750%
17
+750%
Battlefield 5 2−3
−1050%
23
+1050%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
−80%
18
+80%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−150%
10
+150%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−1700%
18
+1700%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−1900%
20
+1900%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−1067%
35
+1067%
Hitman 3 3−4
−467%
17
+467%
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
−900%
20
+900%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−333%
13
+333%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−160%
12−14
+160%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−87.5%
15
+87.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−280%
19
+280%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−650%
14−16
+650%
Battlefield 5 2−3
−950%
21
+950%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−125%
9
+125%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−1700%
18
+1700%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−1700%
18
+1700%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−800%
27
+800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−160%
13
+160%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−175%
10−12
+175%
Hitman 3 5−6
−140%
12−14
+140%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
−44.4%
12−14
+44.4%
Metro Exodus 0−1 6−7
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 5−6
−100%
10−11
+100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−300%
12−14
+300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Hitman 3 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 3−4
Far Cry 5 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−80%
9−10
+80%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5850 and RX Vega 7 compete in popular games:

  • RX Vega 7 is 268% faster than ATI Mobility HD 5850 in 900p
  • ATI Mobility HD 5850 is 8.7% faster than RX Vega 7 in 1080p
  • RX Vega 7 is 300% faster than ATI Mobility HD 5850 in 1440p
  • RX Vega 7 is 350% faster than ATI Mobility HD 5850 in 4K

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

  • in Far Cry New Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX Vega 7 is 2000% faster than the ATI Mobility HD 5850.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RX Vega 7 surpassed ATI Mobility HD 5850 in all 47 of our tests.

Pros & Cons Summary


Performance score 1.96 7.43
Recency 7 January 2010 7 January 2020
Chip lithography 40 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 39 Watt 15 Watt

The Radeon RX Vega 7 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in performance tests.


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