GeForce GTX 960A vs Mobility Radeon HD 5850

In this comparison between GeForce GTX 960A and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people GeForce GTX 960A will be the best choice, for others Mobility Radeon HD 5850 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

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 960A Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 30 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 960A has 150% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
  • GeForce GTX 960A is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 960A has 1 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
  • GeForce GTX 960A is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 960A is build with Maxwell architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 960A is 404 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
  • GeForce GTX 960A is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 960A is 3012 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 12−14 5−6
ultra / 1080p 7−8 3−4
QHD / 1440p 2−3 0−1
low / 720p 24−27 14−16
medium / 1080p 14−16 7−8
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 960A in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 114% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 960A Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Architecture Maxwell Terascale 2
Code name GM107 Broadway-PRO
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 13 March 2015 7 January 2010
Pipelines 640 800
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 625 MHz
Boost Clock 1085 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 5012 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 80.19 GB/s 64 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA 5.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 180 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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