Mobility Radeon HD 5850 vs Radeon R5 M435

In this comparison between Mobility Radeon HD 5850 and Radeon R5 M435 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 M435 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 R5 M435
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Memory type DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R5 M435 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon R5 M435 has 1 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is used in Laptops, and Radeon R5 M435 - in Desktops.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon R5 M435 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon R5 M435 is 155 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R5 M435 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon R5 M435 is 2500 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 5−6 0−1
ultra / 1080p 3−4 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 10−12
medium / 1080p 7−8 2−3
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 83% more, than Radeon R5 M435.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Radeon R5 M435
Architecture Terascale 2 GCN 1.0
Code name Broadway-PRO Jet
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 7 January 2010 15 May 2016
Pipelines 800 320
Core clock speed 625 MHz 780 MHz
Boost Clock 1030 MHz
Transistor count 1,040 million 690 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 20.00 20.60
Floating-point performance 800.0 gflops 547.2 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 36 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
Laptop size large
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