ATI Radeon HD 5850 vs RX 5600 XT

Place in the ranking	141	615
Place by popularity	77	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	55.77	0.59
Power efficiency	16.30	2.36
Architecture	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	Navi 10	Cypress
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	21 January 2020 (4 years ago)	30 September 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$279	$299

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 5600 XT has 9353% better value for money than ATI HD 5850.

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	2304	1440
Core clock speed	1130 MHz	725 MHz
Boost clock speed	1560 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	10,300 million	2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	151 Watt
Texture fill rate	224.6	52.20
Floating-point processing power	7.188 TFLOPS	2.088 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	32
TMUs	144	72

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).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	241 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	2x 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 type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	128.0 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	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI	+	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.5	5.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/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.

RX 5600 XT 35.30
+585%

ATI HD 5850 5.15

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.

RX 5600 XT 13621
+585%

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.

RX 5600 XT 31310
+821%

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.

RX 5600 XT 86004
+548%

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:

900p	400−450 +578%	59 −578%
Full HD	108 +96.4%	55 −96.4%
1440p	63 +600%	9−10 −600%
4K	36 +620%	5−6 −620%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	2.58	5.44
1440p	4.43	33.22
4K	7.75	59.80

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

83
+822%

9−10

−822%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	75−80 +443%	14−16 −443%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	92 +1740%	5−6 −1740%
Battlefield 5	110−120 +777%	12−14 −777%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	104 +845%	10−12 −845%
Cyberpunk 2077	74 +722%	9−10 −722%
Far Cry 5	75−80 +609%	10−12 −609%
Far Cry New Dawn	85−90 +536%	14−16 −536%
Forza Horizon 4	180−190 +448%	30−35 −448%
Hitman 3	83 +655%	10−12 −655%
Horizon Zero Dawn	275 +733%	30−35 −733%
Metro Exodus	144 +1100%	12−14 −1100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	112 +700%	14−16 −700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	120−130 +606%	18−20 −606%
Watch Dogs: Legion	262 +457%	45−50 −457%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	173 +1136%	14−16 −1136%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	76 +1420%	5−6 −1420%
Battlefield 5	110−120 +777%	12−14 −777%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	98 +791%	10−12 −791%
Cyberpunk 2077	63 +600%	9−10 −600%
Far Cry 5	75−80 +609%	10−12 −609%
Far Cry New Dawn	85−90 +536%	14−16 −536%
Forza Horizon 4	180−190 +448%	30−35 −448%
Hitman 3	83 +655%	10−12 −655%
Horizon Zero Dawn	272 +724%	30−35 −724%
Metro Exodus	140 +1067%	12−14 −1067%
Red Dead Redemption 2	94 +571%	14−16 −571%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	158 +778%	18−20 −778%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	70−75 +311%	18−20 −311%
Watch Dogs: Legion	248 +428%	45−50 −428%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	75−80 +443%	14−16 −443%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	62 +1140%	5−6 −1140%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	79 +618%	10−12 −618%
Cyberpunk 2077	54 +500%	9−10 −500%
Far Cry 5	75−80 +609%	10−12 −609%
Forza Horizon 4	138 +318%	30−35 −318%
Hitman 3	77 +600%	10−12 −600%
Horizon Zero Dawn	115 +248%	30−35 −248%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	141 +683%	18−20 −683%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	84 +367%	18−20 −367%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35 −34.3%	45−50 +34.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

88
+529%

14−16

−529%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	65−70 +570%	10−11 −570%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 +575%	8−9 −575%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 +660%	5−6 −660%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	45	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	62 +1450%	4−5 −1450%
Cyberpunk 2077	30 +1400%	2−3 −1400%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +583%	6−7 −583%
Forza Horizon 4	200−210 +1583%	12−14 −1583%
Hitman 3	52 +478%	9−10 −478%
Horizon Zero Dawn	89 +642%	12−14 −642%
Metro Exodus	88 +2833%	3−4 −2833%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	97 +593%	14−16 −593%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50 +1125%	4−5 −1125%
Watch Dogs: Legion	242 +656%	30−35 −656%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

69
+667%

9−10

−667%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 +775%	4−5 −775%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 +867%	3−4 −867%
Hitman 3	36 +3500%	1−2 −3500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	107 +1238%	8−9 −1238%
Metro Exodus	51 +2450%	2−3 −2450%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	46 +4500%	1−2 −4500%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 +667%	3−4 −667%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21 +950%	2−3 −950%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	37 +1750%	2−3 −1750%
Cyberpunk 2077	12	0−1
Far Cry 5	20−22 +567%	3−4 −567%
Forza Horizon 4	70 +1650%	4−5 −1650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	57 +613%	8−9 −613%
Watch Dogs: Legion	11 +1000%	1−2 −1000%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

39
+550%

6−7

−550%

This is how RX 5600 XT and ATI HD 5850 compete in popular games:

RX 5600 XT is 578% faster in 900p
RX 5600 XT is 96% faster in 1080p
RX 5600 XT is 600% faster in 1440p
RX 5600 XT is 620% faster in 4K

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 RX 5600 XT is 4500% faster.
in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the ATI HD 5850 is 34% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RX 5600 XT is ahead in 67 tests (99%)
ATI HD 5850 is ahead in 1 test (1%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	35.30	5.15
Recency	21 January 2020	30 September 2009
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	7 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	151 Watt

RX 5600 XT has a 585.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 471.4% more advanced lithography process, and 0.7% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 5600 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the 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.