GeForce GTX 765M SLI vs Radeon HD 5850

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 765M SLI 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 765M SLI stacks up against Radeon HD 5850, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 765M SLI is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce GTX 765M SLI 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 765M SLI here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 765M SLI Radeon HD 5850
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 151 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2x 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 5850 has 16% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 765M SLI.
  • GeForce GTX 765M SLI has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 5850.
  • GeForce GTX 765M SLI is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 5850 - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 765M SLI is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 5850 - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 765M SLI is 125 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5850.
  • GeForce GTX 765M SLI is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 5850 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 765M SLI is 2000 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 18−20 9−10
ultra / 1080p 10−12 5−6
QHD / 1440p 5−6 0−1
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 35−40 21−24
medium / 1080p 24−27 12−14
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 765M SLI in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 91% more, than Radeon HD 5850.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 765M SLI Radeon HD 5850
Architecture Kepler Terascale 2
Code name Cypress
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 30 May 2013 30 September 2009
Pipelines 1536 1440
Core clock speed 850 MHz 725 MHz
Transistor count 2x 2540 Million 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 52.20
Floating-point performance 2,088.0 gflops
Length 241 mm
Memory bus width 2x 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 128.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0
OpenGL 4.4
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan N/A
CUDA +
SLI options +
Laptop size large
Optimus +
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