Mobility Radeon HD 5850 vs Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge

In this comparison between Mobility Radeon HD 5850 and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge 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 R5 Bristol Ridge will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Mobility Radeon HD 5850 and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Mobility Radeon HD 5850 and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge 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 Mobility Radeon HD 5850 or Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge here:

Main Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 12-45 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory type DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Mobility Radeon HD 5850 has 150% more power consumption, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 5−6 3−4
ultra / 1080p 3−4 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 14−16
medium / 1080p 7−8 5−6
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 16% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
Architecture Terascale 2 GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name Broadway-PRO Bristol Ridge
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 7 January 2010 1 June 2016
Pipelines 800 384
Core clock speed 625 MHz
Boost Clock 800 MHz
Transistor count 1,040 million 3100 Million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 20.00
Floating-point performance 800.0 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s
Shared memory - +
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model 5.0
OpenGL 4.4
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan N/A
Laptop size large medium sized
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