GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile vs ATI Radeon HD 5850

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 5850 with GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

ATI HD 5850
2009
1 GB GDDR5, 151 Watt
4.45

RTX 3050 Mobile outperforms ATI HD 5850 by a whopping 358% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking634246
Place by popularitynot in top-10044
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.56no data
Power efficiency2.3421.63
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameCypressGA107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date30 September 2009 (15 years ago)11 May 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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 cores14402048
Core clock speed725 MHz712 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1057 MHz
Number of transistors2,154 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)151 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate52.2067.65
Floating-point processing power2.088 TFLOPS4.329 TFLOPS
ROPs3240
TMUs7264
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length241 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth128.0 GB/s192.0 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR-+

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.6
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.23.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA-8.6
DLSS-+

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.

ATI HD 5850 4.45
RTX 3050 Mobile 20.40
+358%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

ATI HD 5850 1988
RTX 3050 Mobile 9122
+359%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

ATI HD 5850 3401
RTX 3050 Mobile 21358
+528%

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 HD 5850 13267
RTX 3050 Mobile 77234
+482%

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:

900p59
−358%
270−280
+358%
Full HD57
−63.2%
93
+63.2%
1440p10−12
−410%
51
+410%
4K6−7
−433%
32
+433%

Cost per frame, $

1080p5.25no data
1440p29.90no data
4K49.83no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 12−14
−958%
127
+958%
Counter-Strike 2 21−24
−510%
120−130
+510%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−960%
106
+960%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 12−14
−725%
99
+725%
Battlefield 5 20−22
−350%
90−95
+350%
Counter-Strike 2 21−24
−510%
120−130
+510%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−730%
83
+730%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−743%
118
+743%
Fortnite 27−30
−300%
110−120
+300%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−305%
85−90
+305%
Forza Horizon 5 12−14
−800%
108
+800%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
−353%
85−90
+353%
Valorant 60−65
−162%
150−160
+162%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 12−14
−375%
57
+375%
Battlefield 5 20−22
−350%
90−95
+350%
Counter-Strike 2 21−24
−510%
120−130
+510%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 80−85
−199%
240−250
+199%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−510%
61
+510%
Dota 2 40−45
−312%
169
+312%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−664%
107
+664%
Fortnite 27−30
−300%
110−120
+300%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−305%
85−90
+305%
Forza Horizon 5 12−14
−683%
94
+683%
Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
−700%
128
+700%
Metro Exodus 9−10
−589%
62
+589%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
−353%
85−90
+353%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−1192%
168
+1192%
Valorant 60−65
−162%
150−160
+162%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 20−22
−350%
90−95
+350%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−510%
61
+510%
Dota 2 40−45
−278%
155
+278%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−607%
99
+607%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−305%
85−90
+305%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
−353%
85−90
+353%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−400%
65
+400%
Valorant 60−65
−162%
150−160
+162%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 27−30
−300%
110−120
+300%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 7−8
−586%
45−50
+586%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 35−40
−327%
150−160
+327%
Grand Theft Auto V 5−6
−1040%
57
+1040%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−1100%
36
+1100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35
−412%
170−180
+412%
Valorant 50−55
−270%
190−200
+270%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5
−1450%
60−65
+1450%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−650%
30
+650%
Far Cry 5 9−10
−656%
68
+656%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−418%
55−60
+418%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
−363%
35−40
+363%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 9−10
−478%
50−55
+478%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 4−5
−350%
18−20
+350%
Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
−235%
57
+235%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 44
Valorant 24−27
−438%
120−130
+438%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
−1600%
30−35
+1600%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−1100%
12
+1100%
Dota 2 16−18
−481%
93
+481%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−600%
35
+600%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−550%
35−40
+550%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 5−6
−360%
21−24
+360%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 5−6
−380%
24−27
+380%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Metro Exodus 23
+0%
23
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%

This is how ATI HD 5850 and RTX 3050 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3050 Mobile is 358% faster in 900p
  • RTX 3050 Mobile is 63% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3050 Mobile is 410% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3050 Mobile is 433% faster in 4K

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

  • in Battlefield 5, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3050 Mobile is 1600% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 3050 Mobile is ahead in 59 tests (95%)
  • there's a draw in 3 tests (5%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.45 20.40
Recency 30 September 2009 11 May 2021
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 151 Watt 75 Watt

RTX 3050 Mobile has a 358.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 400% more advanced lithography process, and 101.3% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 5850 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 5850 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile is a notebook one.

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