GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs Mobility Radeon HD 5850

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 550 Ti and Mobility Radeon HD 5850. 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 GeForce GTX 550 Ti and Mobility Radeon HD 5850. 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 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 550 Ti Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Power consumption (TDP) 116 Watt 30 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors One 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti has 286% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti is build with Fermi architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 550 Ti is 275 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is 1996 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 7−8 5−6
ultra / 1080p 4−5 3−4
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 18−20 14−16
medium / 1080p 9−10 7−8
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 550 Ti in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 42% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 550 Ti Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Architecture Fermi Terascale 2
Code name GF116 Broadway-PRO
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 15 March 2011 7 January 2010
Pipelines 192 800
Core clock speed 900 MHz 625 MHz
Transistor count 1,170 million 1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 28.8 billion/sec 20.00
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops 800.0 gflops
Length 8.25" (21 cm)
Memory bus width 192 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4.1 GB/s 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 98.4 GB/s 64 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.2 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 192
Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 44 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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