Radeon HD 5850 vs Radeon R7 A360

In this comparison between Radeon HD 5850 and Radeon R7 A360 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 Radeon HD 5850 will be the best choice, for others Radeon R7 A360 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 5850 Radeon R7 A360
Power consumption (TDP) 151 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Radeon HD 5850 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R7 A360 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon HD 5850 and Radeon R7 A360 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 5850 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon R7 A360 - with GCN 3.0.
  • Both graphics cards have the same core clock speed.
  • Radeon HD 5850 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 A360 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 5850 is 1997 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 A360.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 0−1
ultra / 1080p 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 1−2
medium / 1080p 12−14 0−1
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2100% more, than Radeon R7 A360.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 5850 Radeon R7 A360
Architecture Terascale 2 GCN 3.0
Code name Cypress Meso
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 30 September 2009 5 May 2015
Pipelines 1440 384
Core clock speed 725 MHz 725 MHz
Boost Clock 980 MHz
Transistor count 2,154 million 1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 52.20 23.52
Floating-point performance 2,088.0 gflops 864.0 gflops
Length 241 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 3.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth 128.0 GB/s 57.6 GB/s
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.0 6.0
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2
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