Radeon HD 6570 vs ATI Mobility HD 5850

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 5850 with Radeon HD 6570, including specs and performance data.

ATI Mobility HD 5850
2010
1 GB GDDR5, 30 Watt
1.91
+33.6%

ATI Mobility HD 5850 outperforms HD 6570 by a substantial 34% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking901993
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.07
Power efficiency4.591.72
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameBroadwayTurks
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Designno datareference
Release date7 January 2010 (14 years ago)19 April 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$79

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores800480
Core clock speed500 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data650 MHz
Number of transistors1,040 million716 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt40 Watt
Texture fill rate20.0015.60
Floating-point processing power0.8 TFLOPS0.624 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs4024

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 sizelargeno data
Bus supportno dataPCIe 2.1 x16
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data168 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 amount1 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s28.8 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Eyefinity-+
HDMI-+
DisplayPort support-+

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire-+
UVD-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)DirectX® 11
Shader Model5.05.0
OpenGL4.44.4
OpenCL1.21.2
VulkanN/A-

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:

900p19
+35.7%
14−16
−35.7%
Full HD23
+43.8%
16−18
−43.8%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Battlefield 5 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Far Cry 5 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Hitman 3 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
+50%
12−14
−50%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+45.8%
24−27
−45.8%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Battlefield 5 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Far Cry 5 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Hitman 3 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
+50%
12−14
−50%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+45.8%
24−27
−45.8%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Far Cry 5 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Hitman 3 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
+50%
12−14
−50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+45.8%
24−27
−45.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Hitman 3 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−12
+37.5%
8−9
−37.5%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5850 and HD 6570 compete in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 5850 is 36% faster in 900p
  • ATI Mobility HD 5850 is 44% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.91 1.43
Recency 7 January 2010 19 April 2011
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 40 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 5850 has a 33.6% higher aggregate performance score, and 33.3% lower power consumption.

HD 6570, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.

The Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6570 in performance tests.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is a notebook card while Radeon HD 6570 is a desktop one.


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