Mobility Radeon HD 4850 vs GeForce 9600 GT

Place in performance ranking	1000	907
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.03	0.16
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Terascale 1 (2008−2010)
GPU code name	G94	M98
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	21 February 2008 (16 years ago)	9 January 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$179	no data
Current price	$141 (0.8x MSRP)	$187

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

ATI Mobility HD 4850 has 433% better value for money than 9600 GT.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	64	800
CUDA cores	64	no data
Core clock speed	650 MHz	500 MHz
Number of transistors	505 million	956 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	96 Watt	no data
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	20.8 billion/sec	20.00
Floating-point performance	208 gflops	800.0 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce 9600 GT and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	large
Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	9" (22.9 cm)	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin	no data
SLI options	+	no data

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 type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	850 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB/s	54.4 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	4.0	4.1
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	no data

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

30−35

−36.7%

41
+36.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

−25%

5−6
+25%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
Hitman 3	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −20%	18−20 +20%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 −16.7%	14−16 +16.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
Hitman 3	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −20%	18−20 +20%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 −16.7%	14−16 +16.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −20%	18−20 +20%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 −16.7%	14−16 +16.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

+0%

3−4
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Hitman 3	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−25%

5−6
+25%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1