GeForce GTX 650 vs Mobility Radeon HD 5850

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 650 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 650 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 650 Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Power consumption (TDP) 64 Watt 30 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors One 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 650 has 113% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
  • GeForce GTX 650 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 650 has 1 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
  • GeForce GTX 650 is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 650 is build with Kepler architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 650 is 433 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
  • GeForce GTX 650 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 1995 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 650.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 5−6
ultra / 1080p 5−6 3−4
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 18−20 14−16
medium / 1080p 10−11 7−8
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 650 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 42% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 650 Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Architecture Kepler Terascale 2
Code name GK107 Broadway-PRO
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 6 September 2012 7 January 2010
Pipelines 384 800
Core clock speed 1058 MHz 625 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million 1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 33.9 billion/sec 20.00
Floating-point performance 812.5 gflops 800.0 gflops
Length 5.70" (14.5 cm)
Memory bus width 128-bit GDDR5 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5.0 GB/s 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 80.0 GB/s 64 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.3 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 384
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.38" (11.1 cm)
Multi monitor support 4 displays
HDMI +
HDCP +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
3D Blu-Ray +
3D Gaming +
3D Vision +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 26 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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