Mobility Radeon HD 5850 vs Radeon HD 7870M
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 5850 and Radeon HD 7870M, 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 5850 stacks up against Radeon HD 7870M, check out specs charts below.
Mobility Radeon HD 5850 and Radeon HD 7870M are Laptop Graphics Cards
Note: Mobility Radeon HD 5850 and Radeon HD 7870M are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 or Radeon HD 7870M here:
Main Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Radeon HD 7870M
Power consumption (TDP)
30 Watt
45 Watt
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory type
DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
2 GB
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
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Radeon HD 7870M has 50% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7870M uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
Radeon HD 7870M has 1 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
Both cards are used in Laptops.
Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon HD 7870M - with GCN.
Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7870M is 175 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7870M - by 28 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7870M is 2000 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
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
5−6
6−7
ultra / 1080p
3−4
4−5
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
14−16
16−18
medium / 1080p
7−8
8−9
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 28% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
high / 1080p
10−11
12−14
ultra / 1080p
9−10
10−11
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
21−24
24−27
medium / 1080p
10−11
12−14
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870M in Battlefield 5 is 15% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
low / 768p
45−50
45−50
high / 1080p
45−50
45−50
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
Mobility Radeon HD 5850 and Radeon HD 7870M have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone.
low / 768p
120−130
130−140
medium / 768p
95−100
110−120
ultra / 1080p
45−50
50−55
QHD / 1440p
24−27
30−33
4K / 2160p
−
27−30
high / 768p
70−75
80−85
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870M in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 13% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
low / 768p
55−60
55−60
ultra / 1080p
16−18
18−20
medium / 1080p
45−50
45−50
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870M in Cyberpunk 2077 is 2% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
low / 768p
75−80
80−85
medium / 768p
50−55
60−65
ultra / 1080p
27−30
30−35
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870M in Dota 2 is 13% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
high / 1080p
7−8
8−9
ultra / 1080p
6−7
8−9
4K / 2160p
3−4
3−4
low / 720p
16−18
18−20
medium / 1080p
7−8
9−10
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870M in Far Cry 5 is 12% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
high / 1080p
14−16
14−16
ultra / 1080p
9−10
10−11
low / 720p
55−60
60−65
medium / 1080p
18−20
21−24
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870M in Fortnite is 8% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
high / 1080p
10−11
12−14
ultra / 1080p
10−11
10−12
QHD / 1440p
0−1
1−2
low / 720p
21−24
24−27
medium / 1080p
12−14
14−16
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870M in Forza Horizon 4 is 14% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
low / 768p
45−50
50−55
medium / 768p
40−45
45−50
high / 1080p
10−11
12−14
ultra / 1080p
5−6
6−7
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870M in Grand Theft Auto V is 11% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
high / 1080p
4−5
5−6
ultra / 1080p
2−3
3−4
4K / 2160p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
10−11
12−14
medium / 1080p
5−6
6−7
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870M in Metro Exodus is 40% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
low / 768p
90−95
95−100
high / 1080p
85−90
90−95
ultra / 1080p
75−80
80−85
medium / 1080p
90−95
90−95
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870M in Minecraft is 4% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
high / 1080p
16−18
16−18
ultra / 1080p
14−16
14−16
low / 720p
27−30
30−35
medium / 1080p
16−18
18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870M in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 5% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
ultra / 1080p
7−8
7−8
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
10−11
12−14
medium / 1080p
−
10−12
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870M in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 11% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
low / 768p
21−24
24−27
medium / 768p
14−16
16−18
high / 1080p
8−9
9−10
ultra / 1080p
5−6
6−7
4K / 2160p
−
6−7
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870M in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 16% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
low / 768p
80−85
85−90
medium / 768p
40−45
45−50
ultra / 1080p
16−18
20−22
high / 768p
30−35
35−40
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870M in World of Tanks is 11% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
Full Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Radeon HD 7870M
Architecture
Terascale 2
GCN
Code name
Broadway-PRO
Heathrow XT
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
7 January 2010
24 April 2012
Pipelines
800
640
Core clock speed
625 MHz
800 MHz
Transistor count
1,040 million
1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
28 nm
Texture fill rate
20.00
32.00
Floating-point performance
800.0 gflops
1,024 gflops
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
2000 MHz
4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
64 GB/s
64 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
Laptop size
large
large
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