GeForce GTX 275 vs Mobility Radeon HD 5850

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 275 and Mobility 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 GTX 275 stacks up against Mobility Radeon HD 5850, check out specs charts below.

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 GTX 275 Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Power consumption (TDP) 219 Watt 30 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 896 MB 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 275 has 630% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 275 has 895 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
  • GeForce GTX 275 is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 275 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 275 is 779 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
  • GeForce GTX 275 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is 866 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 275.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 6−7 5−6
ultra / 1080p 4−5 3−4
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 16−18 14−16
medium / 1080p 8−9 7−8
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 275 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 28% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 275 Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Architecture Tesla 2.0 Terascale 2
Code name GT200B Broadway-PRO
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 15 January 2009 7 January 2010
Pipelines 240 800
Core clock speed 1404 MHz 625 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 50.6 billion/sec 20.00
Floating-point performance 673.9 gflops 800.0 gflops
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Memory bus width 448 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1134 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 127.0 GB/s 64 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 4.0 5.0
OpenGL 3.0 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 240
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI S/PDIF
Laptop size large
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