Radeon HD 5850
FOLDING@HOME PPD PERFORMANCE

GPU Folding Overview Radeon HD 5850

Folding@Home PPD for the Radeon HD 5850 represents the averages of folding work unit samples collected from a wide variety of users different computer hardware configurations.

Average values are used to best represent folding PPD performance of a Radeon HD 5850 across different F@H projects and user variables such as power settings, overclocks, operating system and specific work units which can yield wildly different highs and lows for PPD scores on the same GPU platform.

Stats as ofSunday, 26 April 2026 03:05:33

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GPU PPD Average All OS

17,964

Average of 104 most recent PPD samples.

Work Unit Samples All OS

104

All-time sample volume for this GPU profile.

Overall Rank All GPUs

#407

Ranked 407 of 439 tracked GPUs.

Brand Rank AMD GPUs

#120

Ranked 120 of 133 AMD GPUs.

Folding STATISTICS Cypress PRO [Radeon HD 5850] - AMD

DATA SAMPLES INFO
Filter applied, PPD samples all time
AVERAGE FOLDING PERFORMANCE
Based on ALL available PPD samples by filter
WORK UNIT PPD RECORDS
All Time
OS FILTER SAMPLES PPD
WU Per 24hrs
Time Per WU
Points Per WU
BEST PPD
WORST PPD
All OS AVG 104 17,964 0.55 43 hrs 20 mins 32,429 27,494 13,718
Windows 104 17,964 0.55 43 hrs 20 mins 32,429 27,494 13,718

Recent Work Unit Performance - Radeon HD 5850

Average PPD is impacted by the types of research work units being done as they return different amounts of points and take different amounts of time.

The following shows the work unit allocation of research causes to better understand changes in PPD over time for the Radeon HD 5850.

No work unit data recorded for the Radeon HD 5850 in the past 12 weeks.

Data is provided in legacy mode until new work units are folded using our web client.

Recent Work Unit Performance Clusters - Radeon HD 5850

The following visualization illustrates the PPD / Credit allocation of work units across different research causes, providing insight into how PPD varies by work unit PPD samples for the Radeon HD 5850.

This analysis helps better understand the relationship between research causes and PPD/Credit, highlighting any performance trends as clusters or anomalies as outliers.

Radeon HD 5850 kWh POWER CONSUMPTION & COST

Power consumption information for the Radeon HD 5850 is based on an average wattage taken from vendor information for the lowest and highest power draws for the GPU under folding@home compute loads.

Wattage information is only for the GPU and does not include the host computers power usage.

GPU Power Draw
Watts - TDP
Daily Power Usage
kWh
Points per
kWh
Daily Cost at $0.10
per kWh
Power Cost
per 1m Points
151 W 3.62 kWh 4,957 $0.36 $20.174

Radeon HD 5850 COMPUTE VS kWH USAGE DAY, MONTH, WEEK & YEAR

Folding@Home compute projections for the Radeon HD 5850 can be used to help inform long term point goals and related costs based on 24/7 usage.

Duration Nick Name Points
Average
Work Units
Average
Power Usage
kWh
Power Cost
at $0.10 per kWh
Day PPD 17,964 0.55 3.62 kWh $0.36
Week PPW 125,748 3.88 25.37 kWh $2.54
Month PPM 546,405 16.85 110.23 kWh $11.02
Year PPY 6,556,860 202.19 1322.76 kWh $132.28

5 BEST PPD RESEARCH PROJECTS - Radeon HD 5850

The following data is the average PPD values for Radeon HD 5850 project work units based on multiple samples collected via the use of our Folding@Home Web Client.

PPD
Rank
Project
ID
Cause
Research
PPD
Average
Points WU
Average
WUs Day
Average
WU Time
Average
1 18449 influenza 24,631 62,731 0.39 61 hrs 7 mins
2 19314 Mg2-ion-binding 15,566 19,532 0.80 30 hrs 7 mins
3 18454 biofilm 14,315 22,053 0.65 36 hrs 58 mins

5 LOWEST PPD RESEARCH PROJECTS - Radeon HD 5850

The following data is the average PPD values for Radeon HD 5850 project work units based on multiple samples collected via the use of our Folding@Home Web Client.

PPD
Rank
Project
ID
Cause
Research
PPD
Average
Points WU
Average
WUs Day
Average
WU Time
Average
1 18454 biofilm 14,315 22,053 0.65 36 hrs 58 mins
2 19314 Mg2-ion-binding 15,566 19,532 0.80 30 hrs 7 mins
3 18449 influenza 24,631 62,731 0.39 61 hrs 7 mins