Mobility Radeon HD 5830 vs Radeon R9 290X
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 5830 and Radeon R9 290X, 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 Mobility Radeon HD 5830 stacks up against Radeon R9 290X, check out specs charts below.
Mobility Radeon HD 5830 is a Laptop Graphics Card
Note: Mobility Radeon HD 5830 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 5830 here:
Main Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 5830
Radeon R9 290X
Power consumption (TDP)
24 Watt
250 Watt
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Memory type
DDR3, GDDR3
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
4 GB
Display Connectors
No outputs
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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Radeon R9 290X has 941% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
Mobility Radeon HD 5830 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R9 290X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
Radeon R9 290X has 3 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
Mobility Radeon HD 5830 is used in Laptops, and Radeon R9 290X - in Desktops.
Mobility Radeon HD 5830 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon R9 290X - with GCN.
Mobility Radeon HD 5830 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 290X - by 28 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Radeon R9 290X is 450 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
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
4−5
35−40
ultra / 1080p
2−3
24−27
QHD / 1440p
0−1
18−20
4K / 2160p
−
10−11
low / 720p
16−18
60−65
medium / 1080p
6−7
45−50
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 290X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 514% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
high / 1080p
9−10
60−65
ultra / 1080p
8−9
50−55
QHD / 1440p
0−1
35−40
4K / 2160p
−
18−20
low / 720p
21−24
110−120
medium / 1080p
10−11
65−70
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 290X in Battlefield 5 is 516% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
low / 768p
50−55
50−55
high / 1080p
40−45
−
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
Mobility Radeon HD 5830 and Radeon R9 290X have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone.
low / 768p
140−150
250−260
medium / 768p
110−120
220−230
ultra / 1080p
50−55
190−200
QHD / 1440p
24−27
110−120
4K / 2160p
18−20
70−75
high / 768p
80−85
210−220
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 290X in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 145% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
low / 768p
65−70
60−65
ultra / 1080p
24−27
−
medium / 1080p
45−50
55−60
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 290X in Cyberpunk 2077 is 5% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
low / 768p
85−90
120−130
medium / 768p
55−60
110−120
ultra / 1080p
30−33
100−110
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 290X in Dota 2 is 98% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
high / 1080p
5−6
45−50
ultra / 1080p
5−6
45−50
QHD / 1440p
−
30−35
4K / 2160p
2−3
16−18
low / 720p
16−18
85−90
medium / 1080p
6−7
50−55
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 290X in Far Cry 5 is 614% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
high / 1080p
12−14
65−70
ultra / 1080p
8−9
50−55
QHD / 1440p
5−6
30−35
4K / 2160p
−
27−30
low / 720p
60−65
180−190
medium / 1080p
18−20
120−130
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 290X in Fortnite is 338% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
high / 1080p
9−10
65−70
ultra / 1080p
8−9
45−50
QHD / 1440p
5−6
35−40
4K / 2160p
3−4
24−27
low / 720p
24−27
110−120
medium / 1080p
12−14
70−75
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 290X in Forza Horizon 4 is 500% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
low / 768p
50−55
140−150
medium / 768p
−
130−140
high / 1080p
9−10
75−80
ultra / 1080p
4−5
30−35
QHD / 1440p
0−1
24−27
medium / 720p
45−50
−
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 290X in Grand Theft Auto V is 286% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
high / 1080p
3−4
27−30
ultra / 1080p
1−2
21−24
QHD / 1440p
−
18−20
4K / 2160p
0−1
9−10
low / 720p
9−10
70−75
medium / 1080p
5−6
35−40
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 290X in Metro Exodus is 700% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
low / 768p
95−100
130−140
high / 1080p
90−95
−
ultra / 1080p
75−80
−
medium / 1080p
90−95
120−130
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 290X in Minecraft is 36% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
high / 1080p
16−18
−
ultra / 1080p
12−14
14−16
low / 720p
30−35
100−110
medium / 1080p
16−18
18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 290X in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 130% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
high / 1080p
−
27−30
ultra / 1080p
7−8
18−20
QHD / 1440p
−
12−14
4K / 2160p
−
8−9
low / 720p
10−11
70−75
medium / 1080p
9−10
35−40
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 290X in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 377% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
low / 768p
18−20
140−150
medium / 768p
12−14
90−95
high / 1080p
7−8
50−55
ultra / 1080p
5−6
27−30
4K / 2160p
2−3
16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 290X in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 644% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
low / 768p
80−85
90−95
medium / 768p
40−45
60−65
ultra / 1080p
18−20
55−60
high / 768p
35−40
−
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 290X in World of Tanks is 45% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
Full Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 5830
Radeon R9 290X
Architecture
Terascale 2
GCN
Code name
Broadway
Hawaii XT
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
7 January 2010
24 October 2013
Pipelines
800
2816
Core clock speed
500 MHz
Boost Clock
947 MHz
Transistor count
1,040 million
6,200 million
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
28 nm
Texture fill rate
20.00
176.0
Floating-point performance
800.0 gflops
5,632 gflops
Length
275 mm
Memory bus width
128 Bit
512 Bit
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth
25.6 GB/s
320 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model
5.0
6.3
OpenGL
4.4
4.6
OpenCL
1.2
2.0
Vulkan
N/A
+
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight)
0.76 kh/s
FreeSync
+
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
HDMI
+
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)
623 Mh/s
Laptop size
large
Eyefinity
+
HD3D
+
TrueAudio
+
Design
reference
DisplayPort support
+
CrossFire
+
DDMA audio
+
Decred / DCR (Decred)
1.07 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto)
25.75 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash)
350 Sol/s
AppAcceleration
+
LiquidVR
+
TressFX
+
UVD
+
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