GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile vs Radeon HD 6850M
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon HD 6850M and GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
RTX 5090 Mobile outperforms HD 6850M by a whopping 3497% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 892 | 18 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 2.82 | 53.38 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Blackwell 2.0 (2025) |
| GPU code name | Granville | GB203 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 4 January 2011 (14 years ago) | 2025 (recently) |
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 | 10496 |
| Core clock speed | 675 MHz | 990 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1515 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,040 million | 45,600 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 95 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 27.00 | 496.9 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.08 TFLOPS | 31.8 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 128 |
| TMUs | 40 | 328 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 328 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 82 |
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 5.0 x16 |
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 | GDDR3 | GDDR7 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | 811.5 GB/s |
| 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 | 1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK 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 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.4 |
| CUDA | - | 10.1 |
| DLSS | - | + |
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 | 20
−3400%
| 700−750
+3400%
|
| Full HD | 24
−3442%
| 850−900
+3442%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 7−8
−3471%
|
250−260
+3471%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 6−7
−3400%
|
210−220
+3400%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 4−5
−3400%
|
140−150
+3400%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 7−8
−3471%
|
250−260
+3471%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 6−7
−3400%
|
210−220
+3400%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 9−10
−3233%
|
300−310
+3233%
|
| Metro Exodus | 2−3
−3400%
|
70−75
+3400%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 8−9
−3400%
|
280−290
+3400%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 4−5
−3400%
|
140−150
+3400%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 7−8
−3471%
|
250−260
+3471%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 6−7
−3400%
|
210−220
+3400%
|
| Dota 2 | 4−5
−3400%
|
140−150
+3400%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 14−16
−3471%
|
500−550
+3471%
|
| Fortnite | 10−11
−3400%
|
350−400
+3400%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 9−10
−3233%
|
300−310
+3233%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 4−5
−3400%
|
140−150
+3400%
|
| Metro Exodus | 2−3
−3400%
|
70−75
+3400%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 20−22
−3400%
|
700−750
+3400%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 8−9
−3400%
|
280−290
+3400%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 9−10
−3233%
|
300−310
+3233%
|
| World of Tanks | 35−40
−3490%
|
1400−1450
+3490%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 4−5
−3400%
|
140−150
+3400%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 7−8
−3471%
|
250−260
+3471%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 6−7
−3400%
|
210−220
+3400%
|
| Dota 2 | 4−5
−3400%
|
140−150
+3400%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 14−16
−3471%
|
500−550
+3471%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 9−10
−3233%
|
300−310
+3233%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 20−22
−3400%
|
700−750
+3400%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Grand Theft Auto V | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 12−14
−3362%
|
450−500
+3362%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 1−2
−3400%
|
35−40
+3400%
|
| World of Tanks | 12−14
−3362%
|
450−500
+3362%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4
−3233%
|
100−105
+3233%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 6−7
−3400%
|
210−220
+3400%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 2−3
−3400%
|
70−75
+3400%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
−3300%
|
170−180
+3300%
|
| Valorant | 8−9
−3400%
|
280−290
+3400%
|
4K
High Preset
| Dota 2 | 16−18
−3338%
|
550−600
+3338%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
−3233%
|
500−550
+3233%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 6−7
−3400%
|
210−220
+3400%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 1−2
−3400%
|
35−40
+3400%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 14−16
−3233%
|
500−550
+3233%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 2−3
−3400%
|
70−75
+3400%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−3400%
|
70−75
+3400%
|
| Dota 2 | 16−18
−3338%
|
550−600
+3338%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3
−3400%
|
70−75
+3400%
|
| Fortnite | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 2−3
−3400%
|
70−75
+3400%
|
This is how HD 6850M and RTX 5090 Mobile compete in popular games:
- RTX 5090 Mobile is 3400% faster in 900p
- RTX 5090 Mobile is 3442% faster in 1080p
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.98 | 71.23 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 24 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 95 Watt |
HD 6850M has 90% lower power consumption.
RTX 5090 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 3497.5% higher aggregate performance score, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 900% more advanced lithography process.
The GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6850M in performance tests.
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