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| Recommended System Requirements | ||
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| Game | Radeon Pro 5600M | Radeon HD 8850M |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 19% | 528% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 9% | 474% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 5% | 456% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 67% | 783% |
| FIFA 21 | 40% | 217% |
| Genshin Impact | 19% | 528% |
| Far Cry 6 | 72% | 808% |
| Hitman 3 | 55% | 717% |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 15% | 506% |
| World of Warcraft: Shadowlands | 71% | 800% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the AMD Radeon Pro 5600M are massively better than the AMD Radeon HD 8850M.
The Radeon Pro 5600M has a 375 MHz higher core clock speed and 120 more Texture Mapping Units than the Radeon HD 8850M. This results in the Radeon Pro 5600M providing 135 GTexel/s better texturing performance. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.
The Radeon Pro 5600M has a 375 MHz higher core clock speed and 48 more Render Output Units than the Radeon HD 8850M. This results in the Radeon Pro 5600M providing 54 GPixel/s better pixeling performance. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.
The Radeon Pro 5600M was released over three years more recently than the Radeon HD 8850M, and so the Radeon Pro 5600M is likely to have far better driver support, meaning it will be much more optimized and ultimately superior to the Radeon HD 8850M when running the latest games.
The Radeon Pro 5600M has 6144 MB more video memory than the Radeon HD 8850M, so is likely to be much better at displaying game textures at higher resolutions. This is supported by the fact that the Radeon Pro 5600M also has superior memory performance overall.
The Radeon Pro 5600M has 66.6 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the Radeon HD 8850M, which means that the memory performance of the Radeon Pro 5600M is much better than the Radeon HD 8850M.
The Radeon Pro 5600M has 2560 Shader Processing Units and the Radeon HD 8850M has 640. However, the actual shader performance of the Radeon Pro 5600M is 1714 and the actual shader performance of the Radeon HD 8850M is 496. The Radeon Pro 5600M having 1218 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the Radeon Pro 5600M delivers a massively smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the Radeon HD 8850M.
The Radeon Pro 5600M transistor size technology is 21 nm (nanometers) smaller than the Radeon HD 8850M. This means that the Radeon Pro 5600M is expected to run slightly cooler and achieve higher clock frequencies than the Radeon HD 8850M.
The Radeon Pro 5600M requires 50 Watts to run and the Radeon HD 8850M requires 45 Watts. We would recommend a PSU with at least 450 Watts for the Radeon Pro 5600M. The Radeon Pro 5600M requires 5 Watts more than the Radeon HD 8850M to run. The difference is not significant enough for the Radeon Pro 5600M to have a noticeably larger impact on your yearly electricity bills than the Radeon HD 8850M.
| Core Speed | 1000 MHz |  | vs | 625 MHz | |
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| Boost Clock | 1030 MHz | | vs | 775 MHz | |
| Architecture | Navi | GCN 1.1 Venus PRO | |||
| OC Potential | - | vs |
| Fair | |
| Driver Support | - | vs | - | ||
| Release Date | 15 Jun 2020 | | vs | 01 Apr 2013 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved |  | | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| 1366x768 | - | vs | |
7.2
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| 1600x900 | - | vs | |
5.5
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| 1920x1080 | - | vs | |
4.1
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| 2560x1440 | - | vs | |
2.6
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| 3840x2160 | - | vs | |
1.8
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| Memory | 8192 MB | | vs | 2048 MB | |
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| Memory Speed | 770 MHz | vs | | 1000 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | 128 Bit | | vs | | 128 Bit |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | | vs | DDR3 | |
| Memory Bandwidth | 98.6GB/sec | | vs | 32GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | 4096 KB | |
vs | 256 KB | |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
vs | |
0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 2560 | | vs | 640 | |
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| Actual Shader Performance | 82% | | vs | 24% | |
| Technology | 7nm | | vs | 28nm | |
| Texture Mapping Units | 160 | | vs | 40 | |
| Texture Rate | 160 GTexel/s | | vs | 25 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 64 | | vs | 16 | |
| Pixel Rate | 64 GPixel/s | | vs | 10 GPixel/s | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 4096x2160 | | vs | | 4096x2160 |
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| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| HDMI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DisplayPort Connections | 0 | vs | - | ||
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 50 Watts | vs | | 45 Watts | |
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| Recommended PSU | 450 Watts & 30 Amps | - | |||
| DirectX | 12.0 | | vs | 11.1 | |
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| Shader Model | 5.0 | | vs | | 5.0 |
| Open GL | 4.5 | | vs | 4.2 | |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | yes | yes | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | no | vs | | yes | |
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Comparison | |||||
| Recommended Processor | AMD Ryzen 5 3580U 4-Core 2.1GHz | vs | | Intel Core i5-3360M 2.8GHz | |
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| Recommended RAM | 16 GB | vs | | 8 GB | |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 1920x1080 | | vs | 1366x768 | |
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| Mini Review | Overview \r\nThe Radeon PRO 5600M is an entry-level laptop graphics card which is part of the AMD Radeon RX 5000M series. \r\nArchitecture \r\nIt is powered by the 7nm Navi GPU, which has 2560 shader processing units, 160 TMUs and 64 ROPs. \r\nGPU \r\nThe central unit runs at 1000MHz and goes up to 1030MHz when the boost mode is triggered. \r\nMemory \r\nThe PRO 5600M comes with a 8GB frame buffer of HBM2 through a 128-bit memory interface, while the memory clock operates at 770MHz. \r\nPower Consumption \r\nWith a rated board TDP of 50W, it requires at least a 450W PSU. \r\nPerformance \r\nThe Radeon PRO 5600M been built as a Low/Mid performance graphics card for 2020. Its direct competitor is the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070M. It will run most triple AAA titles released during 2020 on medium to high graphics at 1080p screen resolution. With adjustments and lowering anti aliasing this Radeon PRO 5600M card can confidently maintain 60+ frames per seconds on high graphic settings at 1080p. Moving to 1440p screen resolution and the graphics card may need to be adjusted down to medium in order to maintain 50-60+ fps. \r\nSystem Suggestions \r\nThe Radeon PRO 5600M is best suited for resolutions up to and including 1920x1080. We recommend a mid range Ryzen 5 processor and at least 8GB of system memory for optimal gaming performance from the PRO 5600M. | Overview Radeon HD 8850M is a Performance Mobile Graphics Card based on the Second Revision of the GCN Architecture. Architecture The GCN 1.1 Release adds support for AMD's TrueAudio Technology which does calculations of audio effects "better" than the CPU and further improves the Powertune Technology. GPU It equips a GPU codenamed Venus PRO which has 10 Compute Units activated and thus offers 640 Shader Processing Units, 40 TMUs and 16 ROPs. The Central Unit Initially Operates at 625MHz and goes up to 775MHz, in Turbo Mode. Memory The GPU accesses a 2GB frame buffer of DDR3, through a 128-bit memory interface. The size of the frame buffer is exaggerated and in no way benefits the GPU. The memory clock operates at 1000MHz. Features DirectX 11.0 Support (11.0 Hardware Default) and support for Crossfire, PowerTune Technology, Eyefinity, App Acceleration, HD3D, ZeroCore Power and other technologies. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 45W, it is suited for 17" or larger laptops. Performance Gaming benchmarks put its performance somewhat above NVIDIA's GeForce GT 750M. System Suggestions We recommend a Decent Processor (Intel Core i5 Mobile) and 8GB of RAM for a system with Radeon HD 8850M. | |||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | N/A | N/A | |||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||