Radeon R5 230 vs ATI Mobility HD 5850

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 5850 with Radeon R5 230, including specs and performance data.

ATI Mobility HD 5850
2010
1 GB GDDR5, 30 Watt
1.74
+228%

Mobility HD 5850 outperforms R5 230 by a whopping 228% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking9791285
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.462.14
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameBroadwayCaicos
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Designno datareference
Release date7 January 2010 (16 years ago)3 April 2014 (11 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 cores800160
Core clock speed500 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,040 million370 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt19 Watt
Texture fill rate20.005.000
Floating-point processing power0.8 TFLOPS0.2 TFLOPS
ROPs164
TMUs408
L1 Cache80 KB16 KB
L2 Cache256 KB128 KB

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 1.0 x4
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data168 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataN/A

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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s10.67 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Eyefinity-+
HDMI-+

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire-+
​PowerPlayno data+
DDMA audiono data-

API and SDK support

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
+280%
5−6
−280%
Full HD25
+257%
7−8
−257%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 2−3 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Hogwarts Legacy 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Counter-Strike 2 2−3 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Fortnite 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
Forza Horizon 5 3−4 0−1
Hogwarts Legacy 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
Valorant 35−40
+270%
10−11
−270%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Counter-Strike 2 2−3 0−1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 35−40
+270%
10−11
−270%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Dota 2 20−22
+233%
6−7
−233%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Fortnite 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
Forza Horizon 5 3−4 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 2−3 0−1
Hogwarts Legacy 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Metro Exodus 3−4 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Valorant 35−40
+270%
10−11
−270%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Dota 2 20−22
+233%
6−7
−233%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
Hogwarts Legacy 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Valorant 35−40
+270%
10−11
−270%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
+260%
5−6
−260%
Valorant 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Hogwarts Legacy 2−3 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4 0−1

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 3−4 0−1

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%
Valorant 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%

4K
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Dota 2 3−4 0−1
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 3−4 0−1

4K
Epic

Fortnite 3−4 0−1

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5850 and R5 230 compete in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 5850 is 280% faster in 900p
  • ATI Mobility HD 5850 is 257% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.74 0.53
Recency 7 January 2010 3 April 2014
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 19 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 5850 has a 228.3% higher aggregate performance score.

R5 230, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 57.9% lower power consumption.

The Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 230 in performance tests.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is a notebook graphics card while Radeon R5 230 is a desktop one.

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