Mobility Radeon HD 4850 Mac Edition vs GeForce GTX 465

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	523	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.46	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	GF100	M98
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	31 May 2010 (13 years ago)	28 August 2009 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$279	no data
Current price	$15.99 (0.1x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	352	800
CUDA cores	352	no data
Core clock speed	607 MHz	503 MHz
Number of transistors	3,100 million	956 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	no data
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	26.7 billion/sec	20.12
Floating-point performance	855.4 gflops	804.8 gflops
Compute performance	30x	no data

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 support	PCI-E 2.0 x 16	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	9.5" (241 mm) (24.1 cm)	no data
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	Two 6-pins	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	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1603 MHz (3206 data rate)	1700 MHz
Memory bandwidth	102.6 GB/s	54.4 GB/s

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	Two Dual Link DVIMini HDMI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	5.1	4.1
OpenGL	4.2	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	31 May 2010	28 August 2009
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	55 nm

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