Radeon HD 4850 vs GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Mobile

Place in performance ranking	199	777
Place by popularity	59	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.17
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2022)	Terascale 1 (2008−2010)
GPU code name	GN20-P0	RV770
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	11 May 2021 (3 years ago)	25 June 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$199
Current price	no data	$138 (0.7x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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	2048	800
Core clock speed	1238 MHz	625 MHz
Boost clock speed	1500 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	no data	956 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)	110 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	25.00
Floating-point performance	no data	1,000.0 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce RTX 3050 4GB 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 size	large	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	246 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-pin

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	GDDR6	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz	993 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	63.55 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

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2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12_2	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	no data	4.1
OpenGL	no data	3.3
OpenCL	no data	1.1
Vulkan	no data	N/A

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.

RTX 3050 4GB Mobile 24.98
+839%

ATI HD 4850 2.66

GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Mobile outperforms Radeon HD 4850 by 839% based on our aggregate 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%

RTX 3050 4GB Mobile 43216
+382%

ATI HD 4850 8972

GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Mobile outperforms Radeon HD 4850 by 382% 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%

RTX 3050 4GB Mobile 65911
+485%

ATI HD 4850 11272

GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Mobile outperforms Radeon HD 4850 by 485% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

RTX 3050 4GB Mobile 480364
+559%

ATI HD 4850 72891

GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Mobile outperforms Radeon HD 4850 by 559% in 3DMark Ice Storm 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:

900p	260−270 +829%	28 −829%
Full HD	61 +60.5%	38 −60.5%
1200p	170−180 +795%	19 −795%
1440p	40 +900%	4−5 −900%
4K	25 +1150%	2−3 −1150%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

66
+1220%

5−6

−1220%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 +860%	5−6 −860%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	58 +867%	6−7 −867%
Battlefield 5	80−85 +1950%	4−5 −1950%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 +629%	7−8 −629%
Cyberpunk 2077	52 +940%	5−6 −940%
Far Cry 5	55−60 +1040%	5−6 −1040%
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70 +829%	7−8 −829%
Forza Horizon 4	100−110 +882%	10−12 −882%
Hitman 3	57 +1040%	5−6 −1040%
Horizon Zero Dawn	118 +556%	18−20 −556%
Metro Exodus	126 +950%	12−14 −950%
Red Dead Redemption 2	87 +1350%	6−7 −1350%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	118 +883%	12−14 −883%
Watch Dogs: Legion	66 +340%	14−16 −340%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 +860%	5−6 −860%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	32 +967%	3−4 −967%
Battlefield 5	80−85 +1950%	4−5 −1950%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 +629%	7−8 −629%
Cyberpunk 2077	41 +720%	5−6 −720%
Far Cry 5	55−60 +1040%	5−6 −1040%
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70 +829%	7−8 −829%
Forza Horizon 4	100−110 +882%	10−12 −882%
Hitman 3	52 +940%	5−6 −940%
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100 +450%	18−20 −450%
Metro Exodus	83 +938%	8−9 −938%
Red Dead Redemption 2	80 +1233%	6−7 −1233%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	95 +692%	12−14 −692%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	81 +1057%	7−8 −1057%
Watch Dogs: Legion	180 +1100%	14−16 −1100%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 +860%	5−6 −860%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24 +1100%	2−3 −1100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 +629%	7−8 −629%
Cyberpunk 2077	34 +580%	5−6 −580%
Far Cry 5	55−60 +1040%	5−6 −1040%
Forza Horizon 4	100−110 +882%	10−12 −882%
Horizon Zero Dawn	74 +311%	18−20 −311%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	82 +583%	12−14 −583%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	46 +557%	7−8 −557%
Watch Dogs: Legion	26 +73.3%	14−16 −73.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

72
+1100%

6−7

−1100%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 +1075%	4−5 −1075%
Far Cry New Dawn	68 +2167%	3−4 −2167%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 +1200%	2−3 −1200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	22 +1000%	2−3 −1000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	25 +400%	5−6 −400%
Cyberpunk 2077	18 +1700%	1−2 −1700%
Far Cry 5	49 +1125%	4−5 −1125%
Forza Horizon 4	50−55 +1150%	4−5 −1150%
Hitman 3	37 +363%	8−9 −363%
Horizon Zero Dawn	59 +743%	7−8 −743%
Metro Exodus	52 +940%	5−6 −940%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	56 +1020%	5−6 −1020%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 +1450%	2−3 −1450%
Watch Dogs: Legion	19 +1800%	1−2 −1800%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

53
+783%

6−7

−783%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27 +2400%	1−2 −2400%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 +1800%	1−2 −1800%
Hitman 3	15 +1400%	1−2 −1400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 +867%	3−4 −867%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	23 +1050%	2−3 −1050%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	29 +867%	3−4 −867%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 +650%	2−3 −650%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16 +1300%	1−2 −1300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +1300%	1−2 −1300%
Cyberpunk 2077	6	0−1
Far Cry 5	14−16 +1300%	1−2 −1300%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +1033%	3−4 −1033%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 +867%	3−4 −867%
Metro Exodus	24−27 +380%	5−6 −380%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

25
+525%

4−5

−525%

This is how RTX 3050 4GB Mobile and ATI HD 4850 compete in popular games:

RTX 3050 4GB Mobile is 829% faster in 900p
RTX 3050 4GB Mobile is 61% faster in 1080p
RTX 3050 4GB Mobile is 795% faster in 1200p
RTX 3050 4GB Mobile is 900% faster in 1440p
RTX 3050 4GB Mobile is 1150% faster in 4K

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

in Battlefield 5, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 3050 4GB Mobile is 2400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, RTX 3050 4GB Mobile surpassed ATI HD 4850 in all 58 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	24.98	2.66
Recency	11 May 2021	25 June 2008
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	8 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	110 Watt