GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

Place in the ranking	903	138
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	4.43	30.91
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	Broadway	TU104
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)	2 April 2020 (4 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	2560
Core clock speed	500 MHz	930 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1155 MHz
Number of transistors	1,040 million	13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	80 Watt
Texture fill rate	20.00	184.8
Floating-point processing power	0.8 TFLOPS	5.914 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	64
TMUs	40	160
Tensor Cores	no data	320
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	40

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 3.0 x16
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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	352.0 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	No outputs
G-SYNC support	-	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready

no data

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	6.5
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.140
CUDA	-	7.5

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.

ATI Mobility HD 5850 1.91

RTX 2070 Super Max-Q 35.58
+1763%

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.

ATI Mobility HD 5850 5592

RTX 2070 Super Max-Q 65101
+1064%

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	19 −1742%	350−400 +1742%
Full HD	24 −338%	105 +338%
1440p	3−4 −2200%	69 +2200%
4K	2−3 −2000%	42 +2000%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

−1450%

60−65
+1450%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −1314%	99 +1314%
Battlefield 5	1−2 −11400%	110−120 +11400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −1920%	101 +1920%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1450%	60−65 +1450%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −4133%	127 +4133%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −2640%	137 +2640%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −2175%	180−190 +2175%
Hitman 3	7−8 −1371%	103 +1371%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −744%	150−160 +744%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −2625%	109 +2625%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −1180%	120−130 +1180%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −251%	120−130 +251%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −986%	75−80 +986%
Battlefield 5	1−2 −11400%	110−120 +11400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −1720%	91 +1720%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1450%	60−65 +1450%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −3500%	108 +3500%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −1840%	97 +1840%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −2175%	180−190 +2175%
Hitman 3	7−8 −1357%	102 +1357%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −744%	150−160 +744%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −2175%	91 +2175%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −1180%	120−130 +1180%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −517%	70−75 +517%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −251%	120−130 +251%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −786%	62 +786%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −1260%	68 +1260%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1450%	60−65 +1450%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −2433%	76 +2433%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −2175%	180−190 +2175%
Hitman 3	7−8 −1129%	86 +1129%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −478%	104 +478%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −1180%	120−130 +1180%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −525%	75 +525%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −68.6%	59 +68.6%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−2200%

92
+2200%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −2167%	65−70 +2167%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −2033%	64 +2033%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −2250%	47 +2250%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −4900%	50 +4900%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −2600%	27−30 +2600%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −2600%	54 +2600%
Hitman 3	7−8 −543%	45−50 +543%
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7 −1183%	75−80 +1183%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −4900%	50−55 +4900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12 −1545%	180−190 +1545%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

−1320%

71
+1320%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−3400%

35
+3400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −1500%	32 +1500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −2100%	21−24 +2100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	29
Far Cry 5	1−2 −2700%	28 +2700%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	18−20

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−1100%

36
+1100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	81 +0%	81 +0%
Metro Exodus	144 +0%	144 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	70 +0%	70 +0%
Metro Exodus	142 +0%	142 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	200−210 +0%	200−210 +0%
Metro Exodus	75 +0%	75 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Hitman 3	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Metro Exodus	61 +0%	61 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	51 +0%	51 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5850 and RTX 2070 Super Max-Q compete in popular games:

RTX 2070 Super Max-Q is 1742% faster in 900p
RTX 2070 Super Max-Q is 338% faster in 1080p
RTX 2070 Super Max-Q is 2200% faster in 1440p
RTX 2070 Super Max-Q is 2000% 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 2070 Super Max-Q is 11400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 2070 Super Max-Q is ahead in 53 tests (76%)
there's a draw in 17 tests (24%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.91	35.58
Recency	7 January 2010	2 April 2020
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	80 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 5850 has 166.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 2070 Super Max-Q, on the other hand, has a 1762.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 233.3% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in performance tests.

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