Mobility Radeon HD 5830 vs Radeon Sky 500

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Mobility Radeon HD 5830 and Radeon Sky 500. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 5830 and Radeon Sky 500. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

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 Sky 500
Power consumption (TDP) 24 Watt 150 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type DDR3, GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon Sky 500 has 525% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5830 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon Sky 500 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon Sky 500 has 3 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5830 is used in Laptops, and Radeon Sky 500 - in Desktops.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5830 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon Sky 500 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon Sky 500 is 450 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5830 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon Sky 500 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Sky 500 is 4000 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 35−40
ultra / 1080p 2−3 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 16−18 60−65
medium / 1080p 6−7 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Sky 500 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 485% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 5830 Radeon Sky 500
Architecture Terascale 2 GCN 1.0
Code name Broadway Pitcairn
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 7 January 2010 27 March 2013
Pipelines 800 1280
Core clock speed 500 MHz 950 MHz
Transistor count 1,040 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 20.00 76.00
Floating-point performance 800.0 gflops 2,432 gflops
Length 242 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s 154 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Laptop size large
Form factor full height / full length
DisplayPort count 1
Dual-link DVI support +
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