RTX A5000 Mobile vs Radeon HD 6850M

Place in the ranking	894	95
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Granville Pro/LP	GA104
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	6 January 2011 (13 years ago)	12 April 2021 (3 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 cores	800	6144
Core clock speed	575 / 675 MHz	1215 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1770 MHz
Number of transistors	1,040 million	17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	165 Watt (80 - 150 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	27.00	302.4
Floating-point processing power	1.08 gflops	19.35 gflops
ROPs	16	96
TMUs	40	192

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	large
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 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	DDR3, GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	448.0 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

API 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	6.6
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2
CUDA	-	8.6

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. 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.

HD 6850M 1.99

RTX A5000 Mobile 41.49
+1985%

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.

HD 6850M 1470

RTX A5000 Mobile 36164
+2361%

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 −1900%	400−450 +1900%
Full HD	24 −346%	107 +346%
1440p	3−4 −2067%	65 +2067%
4K	2−3 −2300%	48 +2300%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

−1650%

70−75
+1650%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −1100%	80−85 +1100%
Battlefield 5	1−2 −12700%	120−130 +12700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −1500%	80−85 +1500%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1650%	70−75 +1650%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −2767%	85−90 +2767%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −1860%	95−100 +1860%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −2313%	190−200 +2313%
Hitman 3	7−8 −1114%	85−90 +1114%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −871%	160−170 +871%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −2200%	90−95 +2200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −1360%	140−150 +1360%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −269%	120−130 +269%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −1100%	80−85 +1100%
Battlefield 5	1−2 −12700%	120−130 +12700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −1500%	80−85 +1500%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1650%	70−75 +1650%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −2767%	85−90 +2767%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −1860%	95−100 +1860%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −2313%	190−200 +2313%
Hitman 3	7−8 −1114%	85−90 +1114%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −871%	160−170 +871%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −2200%	90−95 +2200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −1820%	192 +1820%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −583%	80−85 +583%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −269%	120−130 +269%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −1100%	80−85 +1100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −1500%	80−85 +1500%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1650%	70−75 +1650%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −2767%	85−90 +2767%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −2313%	190−200 +2313%
Hitman 3	7−8 −1114%	85−90 +1114%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −682%	133 +682%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −1500%	160 +1500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −650%	90 +650%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −28.6%	45 +28.6%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−2200%

90−95
+2200%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −2467%	75−80 +2467%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −1933%	60−65 +1933%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −2050%	40−45 +2050%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −4600%	45−50 +4600%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −3100%	30−35 +3100%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −2200%	45−50 +2200%
Hitman 3	7−8 −643%	50−55 +643%
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7 −1350%	85−90 +1350%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −5700%	55−60 +5700%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12 −1655%	190−200 +1655%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

−1260%

65−70
+1260%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−3300%

30−35
+3300%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −1250%	27−30 +1250%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −2800%	29 +2800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	24−27
Far Cry 5	1−2 −2200%	21−24 +2200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	26

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−1067%

35−40
+1067%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	76 +0%	76 +0%
Metro Exodus	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	64 +0%	64 +0%
Metro Exodus	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	44 +0%	44 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	220−230 +0%	220−230 +0%
Metro Exodus	62 +0%	62 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	129 +0%	129 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Hitman 3	38 +0%	38 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	180−190 +0%	180−190 +0%
Metro Exodus	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	58 +0%	58 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	75 +0%	75 +0%

This is how HD 6850M and RTX A5000 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX A5000 Mobile is 1900% faster in 900p
RTX A5000 Mobile is 346% faster in 1080p
RTX A5000 Mobile is 2067% faster in 1440p
RTX A5000 Mobile is 2300% faster in 4K

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

in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX A5000 Mobile is 12700% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX A5000 Mobile is ahead in 53 tests (76%)
there's a draw in 17 tests (24%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.99	41.49
Recency	6 January 2011	12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	165 Watt

HD 6850M has 230% lower power consumption.

RTX A5000 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 1984.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A5000 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6850M in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.