Tesla M6 vs Mobility Radeon HD 5850

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 5850 with Tesla M6, including specs and performance data.

ATI Mobility HD 5850
2010
1 GB DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5, 39 Watt
1.96

Tesla M6 outperforms ATI Mobility HD 5850 by a whopping 730% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking857310
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.308.87
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)
GPU code nameBroadway-PROGM204
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date7 January 2010 (14 years ago)30 August 2015 (8 years ago)
Current price$153 $350

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Tesla M6 has 2857% 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 cores8001536
Core clock speed625 MHz930 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1180 MHz
Number of transistors1,040 million5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)39 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate20.00113.3
Floating-point performance800.0 gflops3,625 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Mobility Radeon HD 5850 and Tesla M6 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Widthno dataMXM Module
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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, GDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s160.4 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.06.4
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDAno data5.2

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
−689%
150−160
+689%
Full HD23
−726%
190−200
+726%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 4−5

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 3−4
Battlefield 5 0−1 1−2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 5−6
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 4−5
Far Cry 5 0−1 3−4
Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 5−6
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 7−8
Hitman 3 0−1 4−5
Horizon Zero Dawn 1−2
−1500%
16−18
+1500%
Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 4−5
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−1200%
12−14
+1200%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 3−4
Battlefield 5 0−1 1−2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 5−6
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 4−5
Far Cry 5 0−1 3−4
Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 5−6
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 7−8
Hitman 3 0−1 4−5
Horizon Zero Dawn 1−2
−1500%
16−18
+1500%
Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 4−5
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 5−6
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−1200%
12−14
+1200%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 3−4
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 5−6
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 4−5
Far Cry 5 0−1 3−4
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 7−8
Horizon Zero Dawn 1−2
−1500%
16−18
+1500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 5−6
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−1200%
12−14
+1200%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 4−5

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 0−1 3−4
Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 2−3

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 1−2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 5−6
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 1−2
Far Cry 5 0−1 3−4
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 2−3
Hitman 3 0−1 7−8
Horizon Zero Dawn 0−1 6−7
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 1−2
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 5−6

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 1−2
Horizon Zero Dawn 0−1 2−3

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 2−3
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 0−1 1−2
Horizon Zero Dawn 0−1 2−3
Metro Exodus 0−1 4−5
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 3−4

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5850 and Tesla M6 compete in popular games:

  • Tesla M6 is 689% faster in 900p
  • Tesla M6 is 726% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.96 16.27
Recency 7 January 2010 30 August 2015
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 39 Watt 100 Watt

The Tesla M6 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in performance tests.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is a notebook card while Tesla M6 is a workstation one.


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