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GTX 460M vs Mobility Radeon HD 5850: measured FPS in 11 games

Median gap+36%GTX 460M faster

GTX 460M ahead11/11games, by more than 3%

Mobility Radeon HD 5850 ahead0/11games, by more than 3%

Within 3%0/11games

We have 11 published results where the GTX 460M and the Mobility Radeon HD 5850 were tested in the same game, at the same resolution and preset, by the same outlet: 11 games in all, from Notebookcheck. Across those games the GTX 460M is a median 36% faster than the Mobility Radeon HD 5850. The GTX 460M is ahead by more than 3% in 11 of the 11 games and the Mobility Radeon HD 5850 in 0.

Card pages: GeForce GTX 460M (integrated / legacy) and Mobility Radeon HD 5850 (integrated / legacy), with every measured result and our estimates. How we pick sources.

Measured results side by side

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Both figures in a row come from the same outlet, game, resolution and preset. Results limited by a game's frame cap are left out. The last column is how much faster the quicker card is in that test.

Game	Setting	GTX 460M	Mobility Radeon HD 5850	Gap	Source
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2	1080p Ultra	45 FPS	35 FPS	GTX 460M +29%	Notebookcheck: GTX 460M · Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Call of Duty: Black Ops	1080p Ultra	54 FPS	37 FPS	GTX 460M +46%	Notebookcheck: GTX 460M · Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Mafia II	1080p Ultra	35 FPS	30 FPS	GTX 460M +17%	Notebookcheck: GTX 460M · Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Metro 2033	1080p Ultra	10 FPS	5.5 FPS	GTX 460M +82%	Notebookcheck: GTX 460M · Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Resident Evil 5	1080p Ultra	48 FPS	31.1 FPS	GTX 460M +54%	Notebookcheck: GTX 460M · Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Crysis	1080p Ultra	14 FPS	12 FPS	GTX 460M +17%	Notebookcheck: GTX 460M · Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Battlefield: Bad Company 2	1080p Ultra	30 FPS	22 FPS	GTX 460M +36%	Notebookcheck: GTX 460M · Mobility Radeon HD 5850
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin	1080p Ultra	50 FPS	40 FPS	GTX 460M +25%	Notebookcheck: GTX 460M · Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Need for Speed: Shift	1080p Ultra	43 FPS	29 FPS	GTX 460M +48%	Notebookcheck: GTX 460M · Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Risen	1080p Ultra	27 FPS	23 FPS	GTX 460M +17%	Notebookcheck: GTX 460M · Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Colin McRae: Dirt 2	1080p Ultra	42 FPS	23 FPS	GTX 460M +83%	Notebookcheck: GTX 460M · Mobility Radeon HD 5850

11 results in 11 games; FPS as published (5.5 to 54 FPS). Each game counts once in the summary: its gap is the median over its rows.

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