Quadro K1000M vs Radeon HD 5850

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro K1000M and Radeon HD 5850. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Quadro K1000M and Radeon HD 5850. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Quadro K1000M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro K1000M 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 Quadro K1000M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro K1000M Radeon HD 5850
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 151 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 5850 has 235% more power consumption, than Quadro K1000M.
  • Quadro K1000M is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon HD 5850 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro K1000M has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 5850.
  • Quadro K1000M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 5850 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro K1000M is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 5850 - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro K1000M is 125 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5850.
  • Quadro K1000M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 5850 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 5850 is 200 MHz higher, than Quadro K1000M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 9−10
ultra / 1080p 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 21−24
medium / 1080p 0−1 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2100% more, than Quadro K1000M.

Full Specs

  Quadro K1000M Radeon HD 5850
Architecture Kepler Terascale 2
Code name N14P-Q1 Cypress
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 1 June 2012 30 September 2009
Pipelines 192 1440
Core clock speed 850 MHz 725 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 13.60 52.20
Floating-point performance 326.4 gflops 2,088.0 gflops
Length 241 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB/s 128.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 10 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Optimus +
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