ATI Radeon HD 5850 vs Pro 560

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon Pro 560 with Radeon HD 5850, including specs and performance data.

Pro 560
2017
4 GB GDDR5, 75 Watt
9.02
+74.8%

Pro 560 outperforms ATI HD 5850 by an impressive 75% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking482621
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.64
Power efficiency8.242.34
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code namePolaris 21Cypress
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date18 April 2017 (7 years ago)30 September 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$299

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores10241440
Core clock speed907 MHz725 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt151 Watt
Texture fill rate58.0552.20
Floating-point processing power1.858 TFLOPS2.088 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs6472

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
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data241 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 6-pin

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 amount4 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1270 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth81.28 GB/s128.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.0
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

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.

Pro 560 9.02
+74.8%
ATI HD 5850 5.16

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Pro 560 3475
+74.8%
ATI HD 5850 1988

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Pro 560 5305
+56%
ATI HD 5850 3401

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.

Pro 560 18982
+43.1%
ATI HD 5850 13267

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:

900p100−110
+69.5%
59
−69.5%
Full HD95−100
+69.6%
56
−69.6%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data5.34

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+57.1%
14−16
−57.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
+160%
5−6
−160%
Battlefield 5 27−30
+115%
12−14
−115%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
+63.6%
10−12
−63.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+90.9%
10−12
−90.9%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+78.6%
14−16
−78.6%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
+81.8%
30−35
−81.8%
Hitman 3 16−18
+54.5%
10−12
−54.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
+51.5%
30−35
−51.5%
Metro Exodus 27−30
+133%
12−14
−133%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+78.6%
14−16
−78.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−33
+66.7%
18−20
−66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
+27.7%
45−50
−27.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+57.1%
14−16
−57.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
+160%
5−6
−160%
Battlefield 5 27−30
+115%
12−14
−115%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
+63.6%
10−12
−63.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+90.9%
10−12
−90.9%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+78.6%
14−16
−78.6%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
+81.8%
30−35
−81.8%
Hitman 3 16−18
+54.5%
10−12
−54.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
+51.5%
30−35
−51.5%
Metro Exodus 27−30
+133%
12−14
−133%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+78.6%
14−16
−78.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−33
+66.7%
18−20
−66.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
+38.9%
18−20
−38.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
+27.7%
45−50
−27.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+57.1%
14−16
−57.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
+160%
5−6
−160%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
+63.6%
10−12
−63.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+90.9%
10−12
−90.9%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
+81.8%
30−35
−81.8%
Hitman 3 16−18
+54.5%
10−12
−54.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
+51.5%
30−35
−51.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−33
+66.7%
18−20
−66.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
+38.9%
18−20
−38.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
+27.7%
45−50
−27.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+78.6%
14−16
−78.6%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18
+70%
10−11
−70%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+75%
8−9
−75%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Far Cry 5 10−11
+66.7%
6−7
−66.7%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+217%
12−14
−217%
Hitman 3 12−14
+33.3%
9−10
−33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
+58.3%
12−14
−58.3%
Metro Exodus 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
+100%
5−6
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 55−60
+78.1%
30−35
−78.1%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+66.7%
9−10
−66.7%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Hitman 3 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
+350%
8−9
−350%
Metro Exodus 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
+175%
4−5
−175%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%

This is how Pro 560 and ATI HD 5850 compete in popular games:

  • Pro 560 is 69% faster in 900p
  • Pro 560 is 70% faster in 1080p

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

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the Pro 560 is 500% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, Pro 560 surpassed ATI HD 5850 in all 68 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.02 5.16
Recency 18 April 2017 30 September 2009
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 151 Watt

Pro 560 has a 74.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 101.3% lower power consumption.

The Radeon Pro 560 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 5850 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon Pro 560 is a mobile workstation card while Radeon HD 5850 is a desktop one.


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