Quadro 5000M vs Radeon HD 7850M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro 5000M and Radeon HD 7850M, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Quadro 5000M stacks up against Radeon HD 7850M, check out specs charts below.

Quadro 5000M and Radeon HD 7850M are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Quadro 5000M and Radeon HD 7850M are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 5000M or Radeon HD 7850M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro 5000M Radeon HD 7850M
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 40 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Quadro 5000M has 150% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 7850M.
  • Quadro 5000M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 7850M uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro 5000M and Radeon HD 7850M have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Quadro 5000M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 7850M - in Laptops.
  • Quadro 5000M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 7850M - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7850M is 270 MHz higher, than Quadro 5000M.
  • Quadro 5000M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7850M - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7850M is 2800 MHz higher, than Quadro 5000M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−11 6−7
ultra / 1080p 6−7 3−4
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 14−16
medium / 1080p 12−14 7−8
The average gaming FPS of Quadro 5000M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 62% more, than Radeon HD 7850M.

Full Specs

  Quadro 5000M Radeon HD 7850M
Architecture Fermi GCN
Code name Fermi Heathrow Pro
Type Mobile workstation Laptop
Release date 27 July 2010 24 April 2012
Pipelines 320 640
Core clock speed 405 MHz 675 MHz
Transistor count 3,100 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 16.20 27.00
Floating-point performance 518.4 gflops 864.0 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 64 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA +
Laptop size large large
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