Mobility Radeon HD 5850 vs Quadro FX 5800

In this comparison between Mobility Radeon HD 5850 and Quadro FX 5800 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 FX 5800 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 FX 5800
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 189 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
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  • Quadro FX 5800 has 530% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro FX 5800 has 3 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is used in Laptops, and Quadro FX 5800 - in Desktops.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Quadro FX 5800 - with Tesla 2.0.
  • Core clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is 15 MHz higher, than Quadro FX 5800.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Quadro FX 5800 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is 400 MHz higher, than Quadro FX 5800.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 5−6 3−4
ultra / 1080p 3−4 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 14−16
medium / 1080p 7−8 5−6
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 16% more, than Quadro FX 5800.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Quadro FX 5800
Architecture Terascale 2 Tesla 2.0
Code name Broadway-PRO GT200B
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 7 January 2010 11 November 2008
Pipelines 800 240
Core clock speed 625 MHz 610 MHz
Transistor count 1,040 million 1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 20.00 48.80
Floating-point performance 800.0 gflops 622.1 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 102.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model 5.0 4.0
OpenGL 4.4 3.3
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA 1.3
Laptop size large
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