GeForce GTX 560 vs Mobility Radeon HD 5850

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 560 and Mobility Radeon HD 5850. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 560 and Mobility Radeon HD 5850. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

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 560 Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 30 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors Two 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 560 has 400% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 560 and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • GeForce GTX 560 is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 560 is build with Fermi 2.0 architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 560 is 185 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
  • GeForce GTX 560 and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 560 is 2000 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 5−6
ultra / 1080p 8−9 3−4
QHD / 1440p 3−4 0−1
low / 720p 27−30 14−16
medium / 1080p 16−18 7−8
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 560 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 142% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 560 Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Architecture Fermi 2.0 Terascale 2
Code name GF114 Broadway-PRO
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 17 May 2011 7 January 2010
Pipelines 336 800
Core clock speed 810 MHz 625 MHz
Transistor count 1,950 million 1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 45.36 20.00
Floating-point performance 1,088.6 gflops 800.0 gflops
Length 8.25" (21 cm)
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 128.0 GB/s 64 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.1 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA +
Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
HDCP +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
3D Blu-Ray +
3D Gaming +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 80 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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