Radeon HD 5850 vs Radeon RX Vega 11
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 5850 and Radeon RX Vega 11, 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 Radeon HD 5850 stacks up against Radeon RX Vega 11, check out specs charts below.
Radeon RX Vega 11
Main Specs
Radeon HD 5850
Radeon RX Vega 11
Power consumption (TDP)
151 Watt
15 Watt
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
IGP
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
None
Memory type
GDDR5
System Shared
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
No outputs
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Radeon HD 5850 has 906% more power consumption, than Radeon RX Vega 11.
Radeon HD 5850 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon RX Vega 11 uses IGP interface.
Both cards are used in Desktops.
Radeon HD 5850 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon RX Vega 11 - with Vega.
Radeon HD 5850 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon RX Vega 11 - by 14 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
9−10
10−11
ultra / 1080p
5−6
6−7
QHD / 1440p
0−1
1−2
low / 720p
21−24
21−24
medium / 1080p
12−14
12−14
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX Vega 11 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 8% more, than Radeon HD 5850.
high / 1080p
16−18
16−18
ultra / 1080p
14−16
14−16
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
30−35
35−40
medium / 1080p
16−18
18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX Vega 11 in Battlefield 5 is 10% more, than Radeon HD 5850.
low / 768p
45−50
45−50
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
Radeon HD 5850 and Radeon RX Vega 11 have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone.
low / 768p
160−170
170−180
medium / 768p
130−140
140−150
ultra / 1080p
65−70
70−75
QHD / 1440p
40−45
40−45
4K / 2160p
27−30
30−33
high / 768p
100−110
110−120
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX Vega 11 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 6% more, than Radeon HD 5850.
low / 768p
55−60
55−60
ultra / 1080p
27−30
27−30
medium / 1080p
45−50
45−50
Radeon HD 5850 and Radeon RX Vega 11 have the same average FPS in Cyberpunk 2077.
low / 768p
90−95
95−100
medium / 768p
70−75
75−80
ultra / 1080p
45−50
45−50
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX Vega 11 in Dota 2 is 5% more, than Radeon HD 5850.
high / 1080p
10−12
12−14
ultra / 1080p
10−11
10−12
4K / 2160p
4−5
4−5
low / 720p
24−27
27−30
medium / 1080p
12−14
12−14
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX Vega 11 in Far Cry 5 is 16% more, than Radeon HD 5850.
high / 1080p
18−20
18−20
ultra / 1080p
12−14
14−16
low / 720p
70−75
75−80
medium / 1080p
30−35
35−40
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX Vega 11 in Fortnite is 8% more, than Radeon HD 5850.
high / 1080p
16−18
18−20
ultra / 1080p
14−16
14−16
QHD / 1440p
4−5
4−5
low / 720p
35−40
35−40
medium / 1080p
18−20
20−22
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX Vega 11 in Forza Horizon 4 is 5% more, than Radeon HD 5850.
low / 768p
65−70
65−70
medium / 768p
55−60
60−65
high / 1080p
18−20
20−22
ultra / 1080p
8−9
9−10
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX Vega 11 in Grand Theft Auto V is 5% more, than Radeon HD 5850.
high / 1080p
6−7
7−8
ultra / 1080p
4−5
5−6
4K / 2160p
1−2
1−2
low / 720p
18−20
20−22
medium / 1080p
8−9
9−10
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX Vega 11 in Metro Exodus is 12% more, than Radeon HD 5850.
low / 768p
100−110
100−110
ultra / 1080p
90−95
90−95
medium / 1080p
95−100
95−100
Radeon HD 5850 and Radeon RX Vega 11 have the same average FPS in Minecraft.
high / 1080p
18−20
18−20
ultra / 1080p
14−16
14−16
low / 720p
40−45
40−45
medium / 1080p
20−22
20−22
Radeon HD 5850 and Radeon RX Vega 11 have the same average FPS in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS.
high / 1080p
12−14
12−14
ultra / 1080p
8−9
8−9
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
18−20
18−20
medium / 1080p
12−14
12−14
Radeon HD 5850 and Radeon RX Vega 11 have the same average FPS in Red Dead Redemption 2.
low / 768p
35−40
35−40
medium / 768p
21−24
24−27
high / 1080p
12−14
12−14
ultra / 1080p
8−9
8−9
4K / 2160p
7−8
7−8
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX Vega 11 in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 5% more, than Radeon HD 5850.
low / 768p
90−95
90−95
medium / 768p
50−55
50−55
ultra / 1080p
24−27
27−30
high / 768p
40−45
45−50
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX Vega 11 in World of Tanks is 3% more, than Radeon HD 5850.
Full Specs
Radeon HD 5850
Radeon RX Vega 11
Architecture
Terascale 2
Vega
Code name
Cypress
Vega Raven Ridge
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
30 September 2009
26 October 2017
Pipelines
1440
704
Core clock speed
725 MHz
Boost Clock
1240 MHz
Transistor count
2,154 million
4,940 million
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
14 nm
Texture fill rate
52.20
61.60
Floating-point performance
2,088.0 gflops
1,760 gflops
Length
241 mm
Memory bus width
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
128.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
12 (12_1)
Shader Model
5.0
6.4
OpenGL
4.4
4.6
OpenCL
1.2
2.0
Vulkan
N/A
1.2.131
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