Radeon HD 5850 vs Radeon PRO WX 2100

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon HD 5850 and Radeon PRO WX 2100. 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 Radeon HD 5850 and Radeon PRO WX 2100. 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.

Radeon PRO WX 2100 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon PRO WX 2100 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 Radeon PRO WX 2100 here:

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 5850 Radeon PRO WX 2100
Power consumption (TDP) 151 Watt 35 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DisplayPort, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 5850 has 331% more power consumption, than Radeon PRO WX 2100.
  • Radeon HD 5850 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon PRO WX 2100 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon PRO WX 2100 has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 5850.
  • Radeon HD 5850 is used in Desktops, and Radeon PRO WX 2100 - in Mobile workstations.
  • Radeon HD 5850 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon PRO WX 2100 - with Polaris.
  • Radeon HD 5850 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon PRO WX 2100 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon PRO WX 2100 is 4000 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 7−8
ultra / 1080p 5−6 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 18−20
medium / 1080p 12−14 9−10
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 20% more, than Radeon PRO WX 2100.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 5850 Radeon PRO WX 2100
Architecture Terascale 2 Polaris
Code name Cypress Polaris 12
Type Desktop Mobile workstation
Release date 30 September 2009 21 March 2018
Pipelines 1440 512
Core clock speed 725 MHz
Boost Clock 1219 MHz
Transistor count 2,154 million 2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 52.20 39.01
Floating-point performance 2,088.0 gflops 1,248 gflops
Length 241 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 128.0 GB/s 48 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
FreeSync +
Laptop size large
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