GeForce 720A vs Mobility Radeon HD 5850

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 720A 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 720A stacks up against Mobility Radeon HD 5850, check out specs charts below.

GeForce 720A

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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:

Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Laptops

Main Specs

	GeForce 720A	Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	30 Watt
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
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GeForce 720A has 10% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
GeForce 720A and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
GeForce 720A is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 - in Laptops.
GeForce 720A is build with Fermi 2.0 architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 - with Terascale 2.
Core clock speed of GeForce 720A is 150 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
GeForce 720A is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 - by 40 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of GeForce 720A and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is 2000 MHz.

Game benchmarks


high / 1080p	0−1	5−6
ultra / 1080p	−	3−4
QHD / 1440p	0−1	0−1
low / 720p	1−2	14−16
medium / 1080p	0−1	7−8
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1400% more, than GeForce 720A.
high / 1080p	−	10−11
ultra / 1080p	−	9−10
QHD / 1440p	0−1	0−1
low / 720p	0−1	21−24
medium / 1080p	−	10−11
low / 768p	50−55	45−50
high / 1080p	45−50	45−50
QHD / 1440p	0−1	0−1
The average gaming FPS of GeForce 720A in Call of Duty: Warzone is 6% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
low / 768p	60−65	120−130
medium / 768p	27−30	95−100
ultra / 1080p	7−8	45−50
QHD / 1440p	−	24−27
high / 768p	16−18	70−75
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 203% more, than GeForce 720A.
low / 768p	70−75	55−60
ultra / 1080p	0−1	16−18
medium / 1080p	45−50	45−50
The average gaming FPS of GeForce 720A in Cyberpunk 2077 is 15% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
low / 768p	45−50	75−80
medium / 768p	10−11	50−55
ultra / 1080p	0−1	27−30
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in Dota 2 is 124% more, than GeForce 720A.
high / 1080p	−	7−8
ultra / 1080p	−	6−7
4K / 2160p	−	3−4
low / 720p	0−1	16−18
medium / 1080p	−	7−8
high / 1080p	−	14−16
ultra / 1080p	−	9−10
low / 720p	21−24	55−60
medium / 1080p	0−1	18−20
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in Fortnite is 159% more, than GeForce 720A.
high / 1080p	0−1	10−11
ultra / 1080p	−	10−11
QHD / 1440p	0−1	0−1
low / 720p	0−1	21−24
medium / 1080p	0−1	12−14
low / 768p	18−20	45−50
medium / 768p	−	40−45
high / 1080p	0−1	10−11
ultra / 1080p	−	5−6
QHD / 1440p	0−1	0−1
medium / 720p	12−14	−
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in Grand Theft Auto V is 147% more, than GeForce 720A.
high / 1080p	−	4−5
ultra / 1080p	−	2−3
4K / 2160p	−	0−1
low / 720p	0−1	10−11
medium / 1080p	−	5−6
low / 768p	75−80	90−95
high / 1080p	27−30	85−90
ultra / 1080p	−	75−80
medium / 1080p	−	90−95
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in Minecraft is 69% more, than GeForce 720A.
high / 1080p	−	16−18
ultra / 1080p	−	14−16
low / 720p	8−9	27−30
medium / 1080p	−	16−18
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 250% more, than GeForce 720A.
ultra / 1080p	−	7−8
QHD / 1440p	−	0−1
low / 720p	0−1	10−11
low / 768p	0−1	21−24
medium / 768p	−	14−16
high / 1080p	−	8−9
ultra / 1080p	−	5−6
low / 768p	45−50	80−85
medium / 768p	14−16	40−45
ultra / 1080p	0−1	16−18
high / 768p	12−14	30−35
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in World of Tanks is 108% more, than GeForce 720A.

Full Specs

	GeForce 720A	Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Terascale 2
Code name	GF117	Broadway-PRO
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	1 July 2014	7 January 2010
Pipelines	96	800
Core clock speed	775 MHz	625 MHz
Boost Clock	938 MHz
Transistor count	585 million	1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Texture fill rate	15.01	20.00
Floating-point performance	360.2 gflops	800.0 gflops
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	16 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	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	2.1
Laptop size		large
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GeForce 720A vs Mobility Radeon HD 5850

Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is a Laptop Graphics Card

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