GeForce GTX 675M vs Radeon HD 5850

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 675M 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 GTX 675M stacks up against Radeon HD 5850, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 675M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce GTX 675M 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 GTX 675M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 675M Radeon HD 5850
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 151 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type 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 51% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 675M.
  • GeForce GTX 675M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 5850 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 675M has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 5850.
  • GeForce GTX 675M is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 5850 - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 675M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 5850 - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 5850 is 105 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 675M.
  • GeForce GTX 675M and Radeon HD 5850 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 5850 is 500 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 675M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−11 9−10
ultra / 1080p 6−7 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 21−24
medium / 1080p 12−14 12−14
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 675M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 8% more, than Radeon HD 5850.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 675M Radeon HD 5850
Architecture Fermi Terascale 2
Code name N13E-GS1 Cypress
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 22 March 2012 30 September 2009
Pipelines 384 1440
Core clock speed 620 MHz 725 MHz
Transistor count 1,950 million 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 39.7 billion/sec 52.20
Floating-point performance 952.3 gflops 2,088.0 gflops
Length 241 mm
Memory bus width 256bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 96.0 GB/s 128.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 API 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 384
Bus support PCI Express 2.0
SLI options +
HDMI +
HDCP +
Maximum VGA resolution Up to 2048x1536
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 59 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Optimus +
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