Mobility Radeon HD 5850 vs Radeon HD 6990

In this comparison between Mobility Radeon HD 5850 and Radeon HD 6990 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 Radeon HD 6990 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 Radeon HD 6990
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 375 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin
Memory type DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6990 has 1150% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon HD 6990 has 1 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 6990 - in Desktops.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon HD 6990 - with TeraScale 3.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 6990 is 205 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5850 and Radeon HD 6990 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 6990 is 3000 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 5−6 14−16
ultra / 1080p 3−4 9−10
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 14−16 30−35
medium / 1080p 7−8 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6990 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 171% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Radeon HD 6990
Architecture Terascale 2 TeraScale 3
Code name Broadway-PRO Antilles
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 7 January 2010 8 March 2011
Pipelines 800 1536
Core clock speed 625 MHz 830 MHz
Transistor count 1,040 million 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 20.00 79.68
Floating-point performance 800.0 gflops 2x 2,549.8 gflops
Length 295 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 160.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.0
OpenGL 4.4 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan N/A N/A
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 265 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 24 Mh/s
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