GeForce GTX 860M vs Mobility Radeon HD 5850
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 860M 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 860M stacks up against Mobility Radeon HD 5850, check out specs charts below.
GeForce GTX 860M and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 are Laptop Graphics Cards
Note: GeForce GTX 860M and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 860M or Mobility Radeon HD 5850 here:
Main Specs
GeForce GTX 860M
Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
30 Watt
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
1 GB
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
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GeForce GTX 860M has 150% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
GeForce GTX 860M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
GeForce GTX 860M has 3 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
Both cards are used in Laptops.
GeForce GTX 860M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 - with Terascale 2.
Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 860M is 172 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
GeForce GTX 860M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 - by 40 nm process technology.
Game benchmarks
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Battlefield 5
Call of Duty: Warzone
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Cyberpunk 2077
Dota 2
Far Cry 5
Fortnite
Forza Horizon 4
Grand Theft Auto V
Metro Exodus
Minecraft
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
Red Dead Redemption 2
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
World of Tanks
high / 1080p
16−18
5−6
ultra / 1080p
10−11
3−4
QHD / 1440p
5−6
0−1
4K / 2160p
4−5
−
low / 720p
30−35
14−16
medium / 1080p
21−24
7−8
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 860M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 185% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
high / 1080p
27−30
10−11
ultra / 1080p
21−24
9−10
QHD / 1440p
10−11
0−1
4K / 2160p
6−7
−
low / 720p
55−60
21−24
medium / 1080p
30−33
10−11
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 860M in Battlefield 5 is 169% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
low / 768p
45−50
45−50
high / 1080p
−
45−50
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
GeForce GTX 860M and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone.
low / 768p
220−230
120−130
medium / 768p
190−200
95−100
ultra / 1080p
100−110
45−50
QHD / 1440p
60−65
24−27
4K / 2160p
30−35
−
high / 768p
150−160
70−75
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 860M in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 102% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
low / 768p
55−60
55−60
ultra / 1080p
40−45
16−18
medium / 1080p
45−50
45−50
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 860M in Cyberpunk 2077 is 22% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
low / 768p
110−120
75−80
medium / 768p
100−105
50−55
ultra / 1080p
65−70
27−30
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 860M in Dota 2 is 82% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
high / 1080p
20−22
7−8
ultra / 1080p
18−20
6−7
QHD / 1440p
16−18
−
4K / 2160p
6−7
3−4
low / 720p
40−45
16−18
medium / 1080p
21−24
7−8
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 860M in Far Cry 5 is 175% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
high / 1080p
27−30
14−16
ultra / 1080p
21−24
9−10
QHD / 1440p
16−18
−
low / 720p
100−110
55−60
medium / 1080p
55−60
18−20
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 860M in Fortnite is 112% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
high / 1080p
27−30
10−11
ultra / 1080p
21−24
10−11
QHD / 1440p
10−12
0−1
4K / 2160p
10−11
−
low / 720p
55−60
21−24
medium / 1080p
30−35
12−14
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 860M in Forza Horizon 4 is 150% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
low / 768p
90−95
45−50
medium / 768p
80−85
40−45
high / 1080p
30−35
10−11
ultra / 1080p
14−16
5−6
QHD / 1440p
4−5
0−1
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 860M in Grand Theft Auto V is 111% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
high / 1080p
10−12
4−5
ultra / 1080p
8−9
2−3
4K / 2160p
3−4
0−1
low / 720p
30−35
10−11
medium / 1080p
14−16
5−6
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 860M in Metro Exodus is 220% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
low / 768p
110−120
90−95
high / 1080p
−
85−90
ultra / 1080p
−
75−80
medium / 1080p
100−110
90−95
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 860M in Minecraft is 19% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
high / 1080p
24−27
16−18
ultra / 1080p
18−20
14−16
low / 720p
60−65
27−30
medium / 1080p
24−27
16−18
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 860M in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 73% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
high / 1080p
14−16
−
ultra / 1080p
10−11
7−8
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
30−35
10−11
medium / 1080p
18−20
−
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 860M in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 133% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
low / 768p
60−65
21−24
medium / 768p
35−40
14−16
high / 1080p
21−24
8−9
ultra / 1080p
12−14
5−6
4K / 2160p
8−9
−
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 860M in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 175% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
low / 768p
100−110
80−85
medium / 768p
60−65
40−45
ultra / 1080p
35−40
16−18
high / 768p
55−60
30−35
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 860M in World of Tanks is 51% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
Full Specs
GeForce GTX 860M
Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Architecture
Maxwell
Terascale 2
Code name
N15P-GX
Broadway-PRO
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
12 March 2014
7 January 2010
Pipelines
640
800
Core clock speed
797 MHz
625 MHz
Boost Clock
915 MHz
Transistor count
1,870 million
1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Texture fill rate
43.40
20.00
Floating-point performance
1,389 gflops
800.0 gflops
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
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
4.5
4.4
OpenCL
1.1
1.2
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A
CUDA
+
CUDA cores
1152 or 640
Bus support
PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
SLI options
+
HDMI
+
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)
163 Mh/s
Laptop size
medium sized
large
Standard memory configuration
GDDR5
eDP 1.2 signal support
Up to 3840x2160
LVDS signal support
Up to 1920x1200
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
+
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
+
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
Optimus
+
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