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    Mobility Radeon HD 5850 vs Radeon R6 Kaveri

    In this comparison between Mobility Radeon HD 5850 and Radeon R6 Kaveri 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 Radeon R6 Kaveri will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.
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    Mobility Radeon HD 5850 and Radeon R6 Kaveri are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Mobility Radeon HD 5850 and Radeon R6 Kaveri 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 R6 Kaveri here:

    Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Laptops
    Radeon R6 Kaveri Laptops

    Main Specs

      Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Radeon R6 Kaveri
    Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
    Memory type DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon R6 Kaveri - with GCN 1.1.
    • Core clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is 92 MHz higher, than Radeon R6 Kaveri.
    • Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R6 Kaveri - by 28 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 5−6 0−1
    ultra / 1080p 3−4 −
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
    low / 720p 14−16 1−2
    medium / 1080p 7−8 0−1
    The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1400% more, than Radeon R6 Kaveri.

    Full Specs

      Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Radeon R6 Kaveri
    Architecture Terascale 2 GCN 1.1
    Code name Broadway-PRO Kaveri
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 7 January 2010 4 June 2014
    Pipelines 800 384
    Core clock speed 625 MHz 533 MHz
    Boost Clock 654 MHz
    Transistor count 1,040 million 2410 Million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 20.00
    Floating-point performance 800.0 gflops
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 64/128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 2000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s
    Shared memory - +
    DirectX 11.2 (11_0) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0), Shader 5.0
    Shader Model 5.0
    OpenGL 4.4
    OpenCL 1.2
    Vulkan N/A
    Laptop size large medium sized
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