ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 vs FirePro M6100

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro M6100 with Mobility Radeon HD 5850, including specs and performance data.

FirePro M6100
2014
2 GB GDDR5
5.69
+198%

M6100 outperforms ATI Mobility HD 5850 by a whopping 198% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking599907
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data4.36
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameEmeraldBroadway
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date27 May 2014 (10 years ago)7 January 2010 (14 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 cores896800
Core clock speed1100 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors2,080 million1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data30 Watt
Texture fill rate61.6020.00
Floating-point processing power1.971 TFLOPS0.8 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs5640

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 sizelargelarge
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s64 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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model6.5 (6.0)5.0
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL2.11.2
Vulkan1.2.170N/A

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.

FirePro M6100 5.69
+198%
ATI Mobility HD 5850 1.91

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.

FirePro M6100 19876
+255%
ATI Mobility HD 5850 5592

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:

900p55−60
+189%
19
−189%
Full HD48
+100%
24
−100%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+114%
7−8
−114%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Battlefield 5 14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
+140%
5−6
−140%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
+220%
5−6
−220%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+350%
8−9
−350%
Hitman 3 12−14
+71.4%
7−8
−71.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
+94.4%
18−20
−94.4%
Metro Exodus 14−16
+250%
4−5
−250%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20−22
+100%
10−11
−100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+37.1%
35−40
−37.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+114%
7−8
−114%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Battlefield 5 14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
+140%
5−6
−140%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
+220%
5−6
−220%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+350%
8−9
−350%
Hitman 3 12−14
+71.4%
7−8
−71.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
+94.4%
18−20
−94.4%
Metro Exodus 14−16
+250%
4−5
−250%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20−22
+100%
10−11
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+58.3%
12−14
−58.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+37.1%
35−40
−37.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+114%
7−8
−114%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
+140%
5−6
−140%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+350%
8−9
−350%
Hitman 3 12−14
+71.4%
7−8
−71.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
+94.4%
18−20
−94.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20−22
+100%
10−11
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+58.3%
12−14
−58.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+37.1%
35−40
−37.1%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+200%
5−6
−200%
Hitman 3 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
+100%
6−7
−100%
Metro Exodus 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 0−1 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+218%
10−12
−218%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
+100%
5−6
−100%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Hitman 3 2−3 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
Metro Exodus 2−3 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%

This is how FirePro M6100 and ATI Mobility HD 5850 compete in popular games:

  • FirePro M6100 is 189% faster in 900p
  • FirePro M6100 is 100% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the FirePro M6100 is 1400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, FirePro M6100 surpassed ATI Mobility HD 5850 in all 53 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.69 1.91
Recency 27 May 2014 7 January 2010
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm

FirePro M6100 has a 197.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The FirePro M6100 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro M6100 is a mobile workstation card while Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is a mobile workstation one.


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

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