ATI Radeon HD 4850 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile

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Combined performance score

GTX 980 SLI Mobile
38.73
+1362%

GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile outperforms Radeon HD 4850 by 1362% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking108772
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money76.610.16
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2018)Terascale 1 (2008−2010)
GPU code nameN16E-GXX SLIRV770
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date22 September 2015 (8 years old)25 June 2008 (15 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$199
Current price$301 $138 (0.7x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 980 SLI Mobile has 47781% better value for money than ATI HD 4850.

Technical specs

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 cores4096800
Core clock speed1126 MHz625 MHz
Boost clock speed1228 MHzno data
Number of transistors10400 Million956 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)330 Watt110 Watt
Texture fill rateno data25.00
Floating-point performanceno data1,000.0 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile and 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 sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data246 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin
SLI options+no data

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2x 8 GB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed3500 MHz993 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data63.55 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectorsno data2x DVI, 1x S-Video
G-SYNC support+no data

API support

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

DirectX12_110.1 (10_1)
Shader Modelno data4.1
OpenGLno data3.3
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkanno dataN/A
CUDA+no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 980 SLI Mobile 38.73
+1362%
ATI HD 4850 2.65

GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile outperforms Radeon HD 4850 by 1362% in our combined benchmark results.


3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 980 SLI Mobile 47704
+432%
ATI HD 4850 8972

GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile outperforms Radeon HD 4850 by 432% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 980 SLI Mobile 155238
+1277%
ATI HD 4850 11272

GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile outperforms Radeon HD 4850 by 1277% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

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:

900p400−450
+1329%
28
−1329%
Full HD136
+240%
40
−240%
1200p270−280
+1321%
19
−1321%
4K64
+1500%
4−5
−1500%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
+1260%
5−6
−1260%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 65−70
+2200%
3−4
−2200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70
+1600%
4−5
−1600%
Battlefield 5 110−120
+2160%
5−6
−2160%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 100−110
+783%
12−14
−783%
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
+1260%
5−6
−1260%
Far Cry 5 95−100
+3167%
3−4
−3167%
Far Cry New Dawn 90−95
+3000%
3−4
−3000%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+1883%
6−7
−1883%
Hitman 3 120−130
+2360%
5−6
−2360%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
+2000%
4−5
−2000%
Red Dead Redemption 2 60−65
+933%
6−7
−933%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 90−95
+944%
9−10
−944%
Watch Dogs: Legion 70−75
+7100%
1−2
−7100%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 65−70
+2200%
3−4
−2200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70
+1600%
4−5
−1600%
Battlefield 5 110−120
+2160%
5−6
−2160%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 100−110
+783%
12−14
−783%
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
+1260%
5−6
−1260%
Far Cry 5 95−100
+3167%
3−4
−3167%
Far Cry New Dawn 90−95
+3000%
3−4
−3000%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+1883%
6−7
−1883%
Hitman 3 120−130
+2360%
5−6
−2360%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
+2000%
4−5
−2000%
Metro Exodus 65−70
+1625%
4−5
−1625%
Red Dead Redemption 2 60−65
+933%
6−7
−933%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 90−95
+944%
9−10
−944%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 132
+2100%
6−7
−2100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 70−75
+7100%
1−2
−7100%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 65−70
+2200%
3−4
−2200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70
+1600%
4−5
−1600%
Battlefield 5 110−120
+2160%
5−6
−2160%
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
+1260%
5−6
−1260%
Far Cry 5 95−100
+3167%
3−4
−3167%
Far Cry New Dawn 90−95
+3000%
3−4
−3000%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+1883%
6−7
−1883%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 74
+1133%
6−7
−1133%
Watch Dogs: Legion 70−75
+7100%
1−2
−7100%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 60−65
+1180%
5−6
−1180%
Hitman 3 70−75
+1340%
5−6
−1340%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
+440%
10−11
−440%
Metro Exodus 40−45
+4200%
1−2
−4200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+3000%
1−2
−3000%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 55−60
+867%
6−7
−867%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
+2000%
2−3
−2000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
+2050%
2−3
−2050%
Battlefield 5 80−85
+1520%
5−6
−1520%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+3000%
1−2
−3000%
Far Cry 5 70−75
+1675%
4−5
−1675%
Far Cry New Dawn 70−75
+1725%
4−5
−1725%
Forza Horizon 4 80−85
+8100%
1−2
−8100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 55−60
+1767%
3−4
−1767%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+1650%
2−3
−1650%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+1650%
2−3
−1650%
Hitman 3 35−40
+1200%
3−4
−1200%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−33
+275%
8−9
−275%
Metro Exodus 27−30
+2600%
1−2
−2600%
Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
+2000%
1−2
−2000%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
+1450%
2−3
−1450%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 51
+1600%
3−4
−1600%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+2500%
1−2
−2500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+2300%
1−2
−2300%
Battlefield 5 45−50
+1467%
3−4
−1467%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14 0−1
Far Cry 5 35−40
+825%
4−5
−825%
Far Cry New Dawn 40−45
+583%
6−7
−583%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+1700%
3−4
−1700%
Watch Dogs: Legion 20−22
+1900%
1−2
−1900%

This is how GTX 980 SLI Mobile and ATI HD 4850 compete in popular games:

900p resolution:

  • GTX 980 SLI Mobile is 1329% faster than ATI HD 4850

1080p resolution:

  • GTX 980 SLI Mobile is 240% faster than ATI HD 4850

1200p resolution:

  • GTX 980 SLI Mobile is 1321% faster than ATI HD 4850

4K resolution:

  • GTX 980 SLI Mobile is 1500% faster than ATI HD 4850

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 980 SLI Mobile is 8100% faster than the ATI HD 4850.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 980 SLI Mobile surpassed ATI HD 4850 in all 53 of our tests.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 38.73 2.65
Recency 22 September 2015 25 June 2008
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 330 Watt 110 Watt

The GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 4850 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile is a notebook card while Radeon HD 4850 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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