Mobility Radeon HD 5850 vs Radeon RX 550
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 5850 and Radeon RX 550, 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 RX 550, check out specs charts below.
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
Radeon RX 550
Power consumption (TDP)
30 Watt
50 Watt
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
None
Memory type
DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
4 GB
Display Connectors
No outputs
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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Radeon RX 550 has 66% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon RX 550 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
Radeon RX 550 has 3 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is used in Laptops, and Radeon RX 550 - in Desktops.
Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon RX 550 - with GCN 4.0.
Core clock speed of Radeon RX 550 is 475 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 550 - by 14 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 550 is 5000 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
14−16
ultra / 1080p
3−4
8−9
QHD / 1440p
0−1
3−4
low / 720p
14−16
30−33
medium / 1080p
7−8
18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 550 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 157% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
high / 1080p
10−11
21−24
ultra / 1080p
9−10
20−22
QHD / 1440p
0−1
6−7
4K / 2160p
−
5−6
low / 720p
21−24
50−55
medium / 1080p
10−11
24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 550 in Battlefield 5 is 130% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
low / 768p
45−50
45−50
high / 1080p
45−50
−
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
Mobility Radeon HD 5850 and Radeon RX 550 have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone.
low / 768p
120−130
200−210
medium / 768p
95−100
170−180
ultra / 1080p
45−50
95−100
QHD / 1440p
24−27
50−55
4K / 2160p
−
30−33
high / 768p
70−75
130−140
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 550 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 82% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
low / 768p
55−60
55−60
ultra / 1080p
16−18
35−40
medium / 1080p
45−50
45−50
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 550 in Cyberpunk 2077 is 17% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
low / 768p
75−80
100−110
medium / 768p
50−55
90−95
ultra / 1080p
27−30
60−65
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 550 in Dota 2 is 65% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
high / 1080p
7−8
16−18
ultra / 1080p
6−7
14−16
4K / 2160p
3−4
6−7
low / 720p
16−18
35−40
medium / 1080p
7−8
18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 550 in Far Cry 5 is 137% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
high / 1080p
14−16
24−27
ultra / 1080p
9−10
18−20
QHD / 1440p
−
16−18
low / 720p
55−60
95−100
medium / 1080p
18−20
50−55
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 550 in Fortnite is 92% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
high / 1080p
10−11
24−27
ultra / 1080p
10−11
18−20
QHD / 1440p
0−1
8−9
low / 720p
21−24
50−55
medium / 1080p
12−14
27−30
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 550 in Forza Horizon 4 is 121% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
low / 768p
45−50
80−85
medium / 768p
40−45
70−75
high / 1080p
10−11
27−30
ultra / 1080p
5−6
12−14
QHD / 1440p
0−1
2−3
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 550 in Grand Theft Auto V is 88% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
high / 1080p
4−5
9−10
ultra / 1080p
2−3
7−8
4K / 2160p
0−1
2−3
low / 720p
10−11
27−30
medium / 1080p
5−6
12−14
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 550 in Metro Exodus is 180% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
low / 768p
90−95
110−120
high / 1080p
85−90
−
ultra / 1080p
75−80
100−110
medium / 1080p
90−95
100−110
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 550 in Minecraft is 24% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
high / 1080p
16−18
21−24
ultra / 1080p
14−16
16−18
low / 720p
27−30
55−60
medium / 1080p
16−18
24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 550 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 57% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
high / 1080p
−
14−16
ultra / 1080p
7−8
9−10
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
10−11
27−30
medium / 1080p
−
16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 550 in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 111% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
low / 768p
21−24
50−55
medium / 768p
14−16
30−35
high / 1080p
8−9
18−20
ultra / 1080p
5−6
10−11
4K / 2160p
−
8−9
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 550 in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 133% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
low / 768p
80−85
100−110
medium / 768p
40−45
60−65
ultra / 1080p
16−18
30−35
high / 768p
30−35
50−55
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 550 in World of Tanks is 46% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
Full Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Radeon RX 550
Architecture
Terascale 2
GCN 4.0
Code name
Broadway-PRO
Lexa
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
7 January 2010
20 April 2017
Pipelines
800
512
Core clock speed
625 MHz
1100 MHz
Boost Clock
1183 MHz
Transistor count
1,040 million
2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
14 nm
Texture fill rate
20.00
37.86
Floating-point performance
800.0 gflops
1,211 gflops
Length
145 mm
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
2000 MHz
7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
64 GB/s
112.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
12 (12_0)
Shader Model
5.0
6.4
OpenGL
4.4
4.6
OpenCL
1.2
2.0
Vulkan
N/A
1.2.131
Laptop size
large
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