ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 vs GeForce GTX 590

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 590 with Mobility Radeon HD 5650, including specs and performance data.

GTX 590
2011
3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU) GDDR5, 365 Watt
8.69
+521%

GTX 590 outperforms ATI Mobility HD 5650 by a whopping 521% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking4971009
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.77no data
Power efficiency1.646.42
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGF110Madison
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date24 March 2011 (13 years ago)7 January 2010 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1024400
Core clock speed607 MHz450 MHz
Boost clock speedno data650 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million627 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)365 Watt15 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature97 °Cno data
Texture fill rate38.919.000
Floating-point processing power1.244 TFLOPS0.36 TFLOPS
ROPs488
TMUs6420

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 datamedium sized
Bus support16x PCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length279 mmno data
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinno data
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU)1 GB
Memory bus width768-bit (384-bit per GPU)128 Bit
Memory clock speed1707 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth327.7 GB/s25.6 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 ConnectorsThree Dual Link DVI-IMini DisplayPortNo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.24.4
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

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.

GTX 590 8.69
+521%
ATI Mobility HD 5650 1.40

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.

GTX 590 9167
+971%
ATI Mobility HD 5650 856

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.

GTX 590 25720
+707%
ATI Mobility HD 5650 3188

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 590 6680
+815%
ATI Mobility HD 5650 730

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:

900p47
+213%
15
−213%
Full HD108
+575%
16
−575%
1200p112
+522%
18−20
−522%

Cost per frame, $

1080p6.47no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+88.9%
9−10
−88.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+325%
4−5
−325%
Elden Ring 24−27
+2300%
1−2
−2300%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
+2700%
1−2
−2700%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+88.9%
9−10
−88.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+325%
4−5
−325%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+289%
9−10
−289%
Metro Exodus 21−24
+667%
3−4
−667%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+243%
7−8
−243%
Valorant 30−35
+675%
4−5
−675%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
+2700%
1−2
−2700%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+88.9%
9−10
−88.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+325%
4−5
−325%
Dota 2 30−35
+3000%
1−2
−3000%
Elden Ring 24−27
+2300%
1−2
−2300%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+236%
10−12
−236%
Fortnite 50−55
+750%
6−7
−750%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+289%
9−10
−289%
Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
+1450%
2−3
−1450%
Metro Exodus 21−24
+667%
3−4
−667%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 65−70
+353%
14−16
−353%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+243%
7−8
−243%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
+271%
7−8
−271%
Valorant 30−35
+675%
4−5
−675%
World of Tanks 120−130
+231%
39
−231%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
+2700%
1−2
−2700%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+88.9%
9−10
−88.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+325%
4−5
−325%
Dota 2 30−35
+3000%
1−2
−3000%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+236%
10−12
−236%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+289%
9−10
−289%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 65−70
+353%
14−16
−353%
Valorant 30−35
+675%
4−5
−675%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Elden Ring 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%
Grand Theft Auto V 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 40−45
+367%
9−10
−367%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8 0−1
World of Tanks 60−65
+688%
8−9
−688%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18
+700%
2−3
−700%
Counter-Strike 2 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+260%
5−6
−260%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
+800%
2−3
−800%
Metro Exodus 14−16
+650%
2−3
−650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
Valorant 21−24
+214%
7−8
−214%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 3−4 0−1
Dota 2 18−20
+18.8%
16−18
−18.8%
Elden Ring 5−6 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 18−20
+26.7%
14−16
−26.7%
Metro Exodus 4−5 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 24−27
+525%
4−5
−525%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+26.7%
14−16
−26.7%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Counter-Strike 2 3−4 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Dota 2 18−20
+18.8%
16−18
−18.8%
Far Cry 5 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Fortnite 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Valorant 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%

This is how GTX 590 and ATI Mobility HD 5650 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 590 is 213% faster in 900p
  • GTX 590 is 575% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 590 is 522% faster in 1200p

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

  • in Dota 2, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 590 is 3000% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 590 surpassed ATI Mobility HD 5650 in all 44 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.69 1.40
Recency 24 March 2011 7 January 2010
Maximum RAM amount 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU) 1 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 365 Watt 15 Watt

GTX 590 has a 520.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount.

ATI Mobility HD 5650, on the other hand, has 2333.3% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 590 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5650 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 590 is a desktop card while Mobility Radeon HD 5650 is a notebook one.


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