Mobility Radeon HD 5850 vs Radeon R9 M280X
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 5850 and Radeon R9 M280X, 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 Mobility Radeon HD 5850 stacks up against Radeon R9 M280X, check out specs charts below.
Mobility Radeon HD 5850 and Radeon R9 M280X are Laptop Graphics Cards
Note: Mobility Radeon HD 5850 and Radeon R9 M280X 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 R9 M280X here:
Main Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Radeon R9 M280X
Power consumption (TDP)
30 Watt
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory type
DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Not Listed
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
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Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R9 M280X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
Both cards are used in Laptops.
Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon R9 M280X - with GCN.
Core clock speed of Radeon R9 M280X is 275 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M280X - by 28 nm process technology.
Game benchmarks
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Battlefield 5
Call of Duty: Warzone
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Cyberpunk 2077
Dota 2
Far Cry 5
Fortnite
Forza Horizon 4
Grand Theft Auto V
Metro Exodus
Minecraft
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
Red Dead Redemption 2
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
World of Tanks
high / 1080p
5−6
2−3
ultra / 1080p
3−4
1−2
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
14−16
14−16
medium / 1080p
7−8
4−5
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 40% more, than Radeon R9 M280X.
high / 1080p
10−11
7−8
ultra / 1080p
9−10
5−6
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
21−24
18−20
medium / 1080p
10−11
7−8
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in Battlefield 5 is 44% more, than Radeon R9 M280X.
low / 768p
45−50
50−55
high / 1080p
45−50
30−35
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in Call of Duty: Warzone is 11% more, than Radeon R9 M280X.
low / 768p
120−130
110−120
medium / 768p
95−100
90−95
ultra / 1080p
45−50
40−45
QHD / 1440p
24−27
24−27
4K / 2160p
−
18−20
high / 768p
70−75
65−70
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 7% more, than Radeon R9 M280X.
low / 768p
55−60
70−75
ultra / 1080p
16−18
21−24
medium / 1080p
45−50
45−50
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M280X in Cyberpunk 2077 is 17% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
low / 768p
75−80
70−75
medium / 768p
50−55
50−55
ultra / 1080p
27−30
27−30
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in Dota 2 is 1% more, than Radeon R9 M280X.
high / 1080p
7−8
3−4
ultra / 1080p
6−7
3−4
4K / 2160p
3−4
2−3
low / 720p
16−18
14−16
medium / 1080p
7−8
4−5
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in Far Cry 5 is 60% more, than Radeon R9 M280X.
high / 1080p
14−16
10−12
ultra / 1080p
9−10
5−6
QHD / 1440p
−
2−3
low / 720p
55−60
50−55
medium / 1080p
18−20
14−16
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in Fortnite is 19% more, than Radeon R9 M280X.
high / 1080p
10−11
6−7
ultra / 1080p
10−11
−
QHD / 1440p
0−1
4−5
4K / 2160p
−
2−3
low / 720p
21−24
21−24
medium / 1080p
12−14
9−10
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in Forza Horizon 4 is 25% more, than Radeon R9 M280X.
low / 768p
45−50
45−50
medium / 768p
40−45
40−45
high / 1080p
10−11
7−8
ultra / 1080p
5−6
3−4
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in Grand Theft Auto V is 4% more, than Radeon R9 M280X.
high / 1080p
4−5
2−3
ultra / 1080p
2−3
0−1
4K / 2160p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
10−11
8−9
medium / 1080p
5−6
4−5
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in Metro Exodus is 20% more, than Radeon R9 M280X.
low / 768p
90−95
80−85
high / 1080p
85−90
−
ultra / 1080p
75−80
70−75
medium / 1080p
90−95
−
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in Minecraft is 10% more, than Radeon R9 M280X.
high / 1080p
16−18
−
ultra / 1080p
14−16
12−14
low / 720p
27−30
27−30
medium / 1080p
16−18
14−16
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 11% more, than Radeon R9 M280X.
ultra / 1080p
7−8
6−7
QHD / 1440p
0−1
−
low / 720p
10−11
8−9
medium / 1080p
−
7−8
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 28% more, than Radeon R9 M280X.
low / 768p
21−24
16−18
medium / 768p
14−16
10−12
high / 1080p
8−9
6−7
ultra / 1080p
5−6
4−5
4K / 2160p
−
2−3
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 33% more, than Radeon R9 M280X.
low / 768p
80−85
70−75
medium / 768p
40−45
35−40
ultra / 1080p
16−18
16−18
high / 768p
30−35
30−35
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in World of Tanks is 10% more, than Radeon R9 M280X.
Full Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Radeon R9 M280X
Architecture
Terascale 2
GCN
Code name
Broadway-PRO
Saturn XT
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
7 January 2010
1 February 2015
Pipelines
800
896
Core clock speed
625 MHz
900 MHz
Transistor count
1,040 million
2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
28 nm
Texture fill rate
20.00
61.60
Floating-point performance
800.0 gflops
1,792 gflops
Memory bus width
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
64 GB/s
96 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model
5.0
6.3
OpenGL
4.4
4.4
OpenCL
1.2
Not Listed
Vulkan
N/A
FreeSync
+
Bus support
Not Listed
Laptop size
large
large
HD3D
+
PowerTune
+
DualGraphics
+
ZeroCore
+
Switchable graphics
+
Mantle
+
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