GeForce 930MX vs Radeon HD 5850

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 930MX and Radeon HD 5850, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce 930MX stacks up against Radeon HD 5850, check out specs charts below.

GeForce 930MX is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce 930MX 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 GeForce 930MX here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 930MX Radeon HD 5850
Power consumption (TDP) 17 Watt 151 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Memory type DDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 5850 has 788% more power consumption, than GeForce 930MX.
  • GeForce 930MX is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon HD 5850 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce 930MX has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 5850.
  • GeForce 930MX is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 5850 - in Desktops.
  • GeForce 930MX is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 5850 - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 930MX is 227 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5850.
  • GeForce 930MX is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 5850 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce 930MX and Radeon HD 5850 is 2000 MHz.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 9−10
ultra / 1080p 2−3 5−6
QHD / 1440p 2−3 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 21−24
medium / 1080p 7−8 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 71% more, than GeForce 930MX.

Full Specs

  GeForce 930MX Radeon HD 5850
Architecture Maxwell Terascale 2
Code name N16S-GMR Cypress
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 10 March 2016 30 September 2009
Pipelines 384 1440
Core clock speed 952 MHz 725 MHz
Boost Clock 1020 MHz
Transistor count 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 24.48 52.20
Floating-point performance 783.4 gflops 2,088.0 gflops
Length 241 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 128.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA +
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Optimus +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
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