Mobility Radeon HD 5850 vs Quadro K4200

In this comparison between Mobility Radeon HD 5850 and Quadro K4200 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 Mobility Radeon HD 5850 will be the best choice, for others Quadro K4200 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

  Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Quadro K4200
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 108 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
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  • Quadro K4200 has 260% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro K4200 has 3 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is used in Laptops, and Quadro K4200 - in Desktops.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Quadro K4200 - with Kepler.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro K4200 is 146 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Quadro K4200 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro K4200 is 3400 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 5−6 21−24
ultra / 1080p 3−4 12−14
QHD / 1440p 0−1 7−8
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 14−16 40−45
medium / 1080p 7−8 27−30
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K4200 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 271% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Quadro K4200
Architecture Terascale 2 Kepler
Code name Broadway-PRO GK104
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 7 January 2010 22 July 2014
Pipelines 800 1344
Core clock speed 625 MHz 771 MHz
Boost Clock 784 MHz
Transistor count 1,040 million 3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 20.00 87.81
Floating-point performance 800.0 gflops 2,107 gflops
Length 241 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 5400 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 172.8 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.1.126
CUDA 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 119 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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