GeForce 830A vs Mobility Radeon HD 5850

In this comparison between GeForce 830A and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people GeForce 830A will be the best choice, for others Mobility Radeon HD 5850 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Mobility Radeon HD 5850 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 830A Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 30 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory type DDR3 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • GeForce 830A has 10% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
  • GeForce 830A is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce 830A has 1 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
  • GeForce 830A is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 - in Laptops.
  • GeForce 830A is build with Maxwell architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 830A is 457 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
  • GeForce 830A is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is 200 MHz higher, than GeForce 830A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 5−6
ultra / 1080p 0−1 3−4
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 12−14 14−16
medium / 1080p 4−5 7−8
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 50% more, than GeForce 830A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 830A Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Architecture Maxwell Terascale 2
Code name GM108 Broadway-PRO
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 22 July 2014 7 January 2010
Pipelines 256 800
Core clock speed 1082 MHz 625 MHz
Boost Clock 1150 MHz
Transistor count 1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 18.40 20.00
Floating-point performance 588.8 gflops 800.0 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 64 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA 5.0
Laptop size large
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