ATI Radeon HD 5450 vs ATI Mobility HD 3850

Place in the ranking	1177	1287
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.33	1.26
Architecture	TeraScale (2005−2013)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	M88	Cedar
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	4 June 2008 (16 years ago)	4 February 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 cores	320	80
Core clock speed	580 MHz	650 MHz
Number of transistors	666 million	292 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	19 Watt
Texture fill rate	9.280	5.200
Floating-point processing power	0.3712 TFLOPS	0.104 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	4
TMUs	16	8

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 2.0 x16
Length	no data	170 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	DDR2
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	750 MHz	400 MHz
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s	6.4 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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 DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	10.1 (10_1)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.1	5.0
OpenGL	3.3	4.4
OpenCL	N/A	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4
+200%

1−2

−200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	0−1
Hitman 3	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 +120%	5−6 −120%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 +114%	14−16 −114%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	0−1
Hitman 3	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 +120%	5−6 −120%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 +100%	5−6 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 +114%	14−16 −114%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Hitman 3	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 +120%	5−6 −120%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 +100%	5−6 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 +114%	14−16 −114%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Hitman 3	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4
+200%

1−2

−200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3
+100%

1−2

−100%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.68	0.35
Recency	4 June 2008	4 February 2010
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	2 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	19 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 3850 has a 94.3% higher aggregate performance score.

ATI HD 5450, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 84.2% lower power consumption.

The Mobility Radeon HD 3850 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 5450 in performance tests.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 3850 is a notebook card while Radeon HD 5450 is a desktop one.

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