FirePro M6000 vs Radeon HD 5850

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro M6000 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 FirePro M6000 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.

FirePro M6000 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: FirePro M6000 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 FirePro M6000 here:

Main Specs

  FirePro M6000 Radeon HD 5850
Power consumption (TDP) 43 Watt 151 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 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 251% more power consumption, than FirePro M6000.
  • FirePro M6000 is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 5850 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro M6000 has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 5850.
  • FirePro M6000 is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 5850 - in Desktops.
  • FirePro M6000 is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon HD 5850 - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro M6000 is 25 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5850.
  • FirePro M6000 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 5850 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro M6000 is 2500 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 9−10
ultra / 1080p 5−6 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 20−22 21−24
medium / 1080p 10−12 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 9% more, than FirePro M6000.

Full Specs

  FirePro M6000 Radeon HD 5850
Architecture GCN Terascale 2
Code name Heathrow Cypress
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 1 July 2012 30 September 2009
Pipelines 640 1440
Core clock speed 750 MHz 725 MHz
Transistor count 1,500 million 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 32.00 52.20
Floating-point performance 1,024 gflops 2,088.0 gflops
Length 241 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s 128.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
Bus support n/a
Laptop size medium sized
Form factor MXM-B
StereoOutput3D +
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