ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850 X2 vs GeForce 820M

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1091not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.84no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameGF117M98
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date27 November 2013 (11 years ago)9 January 2009 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores96800 ×2
Core clock speed625 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors585 million956 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Wattno data
Texture fill rate10.0020.00 ×2
Floating-point processing power0.24 TFLOPS0.8 TFLOPS ×2
ROPs816 ×2
TMUs1640 ×2

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCI Express 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB ×2
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit ×2
Memory clock speed900 MHz700 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s89.6 GB/s ×2
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost2.0no data
Optimus+-
GameWorks+-

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.53.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 November 2013 9 January 2009
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm

GeForce 820M has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 820M and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 X2. We've got no test results to judge.

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