Iris Xe MAX Graphics vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

Place in the ranking	909	626
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	4.38	14.13
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Generation 12.1 (2020−2021)
GPU code name	Broadway	DG1
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2010 (15 years ago)	31 October 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	768
Core clock speed	500 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1650 MHz
Number of transistors	1,040 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	25 Watt
Texture fill rate	20.00	79.20
Floating-point processing power	0.8 TFLOPS	2.534 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	24
TMUs	40	48

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 4.0 x4

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	LPDDR4X
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	2133 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	68.26 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 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.0	6.4
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2

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 −163%	50−55 +163%
Full HD	23 −17.4%	27 +17.4%
1440p	7−8 −186%	20 +186%
4K	5−6 −220%	16 +220%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −30%	12−14 +30%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −100%	10−11 +100%
Elden Ring	2−3 −550%	12−14 +550%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −400%	14−16 +400%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −30%	12−14 +30%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −40%	7 +40%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 −290%	39 +290%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −1050%	23 +1050%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −313%	33 +313%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −400%	14−16 +400%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −30%	12−14 +30%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −20%	6 +20%
Dota 2	4−5 −575%	27 +575%
Elden Ring	2−3 −550%	12−14 +550%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −123%	29 +123%
Fortnite	9−10 −233%	30−33 +233%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 −230%	33 +230%
Grand Theft Auto V	4−5 −400%	20 +400%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −800%	18 +800%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	18−20 −126%	40−45 +126%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −12.5%	9 +12.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 −113%	16−18 +113%
World of Tanks	35−40 −127%	80−85 +127%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −400%	14−16 +400%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −30%	12−14 +30%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −100%	10−11 +100%
Dota 2	4−5 −850%	38 +850%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −223%	42 +223%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 −190%	29 +190%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	18−20 −126%	40−45 +126%

1440p
High Preset

Elden Ring	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14 −154%	30−35 +154%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
World of Tanks	12−14 −208%	35−40 +208%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	8−9
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −83.3%	10−12 +83.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Valorant	8−9 −75%	14−16 +75%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 −6.3%	16−18 +6.3%
Elden Ring	0−1	3−4
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −6.7%	16−18 +6.7%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	5−6 −200%	14−16 +200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −6.7%	16−18 +6.7%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Dota 2	16−18 −25%	20 +25%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Fortnite	0−1	4−5
Valorant	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Valorant

+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Valorant

+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Valorant

12−14

+0%

12−14

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 4	20 +0%	20 +0%
Metro Exodus	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%

4K
High Preset

Metro Exodus

1−2

+0%

1−2

+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 4

+0%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5850 and Iris Xe MAX Graphics compete in popular games:

Iris Xe MAX Graphics is 163% faster in 900p
Iris Xe MAX Graphics is 17% faster in 1080p
Iris Xe MAX Graphics is 186% faster in 1440p
Iris Xe MAX Graphics is 220% faster in 4K

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

in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Iris Xe MAX Graphics is 1050% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Iris Xe MAX Graphics is ahead in 48 tests (83%)
there's a draw in 10 tests (17%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.91	5.13
Recency	7 January 2010	31 October 2020
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	25 Watt

Iris Xe MAX Graphics has a 168.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 20% lower power consumption.

The Iris Xe MAX Graphics 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.