Arc A370M vs Mobility Radeon HD 4850

Place in performance ranking	909	320
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.16	no data
Architecture	Terascale 1 (2008−2010)	Xe HPG (2020−2022)
GPU code name	M98	Alchemist
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	9 January 2009 (15 years ago)	30 March 2022 (2 years ago)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	800	8
Core clock speed	500 MHz	1550 MHz
Number of transistors	956 million	7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	50 Watt (35 - 50 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	20.00	99.20
Floating-point performance	800.0 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Mobility Radeon HD 4850 and Arc A370M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	850 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	54.4 GB/s	96 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	10.1 (10_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	4.1	6.6
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3

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	43 +13.2%	38 −13.2%
1440p	1−2 −1800%	19 +1800%
4K	3−4 −1067%	35 +1067%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

−1050%

46
+1050%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −500%	35−40 +500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −540%	30−35 +540%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −825%	37 +825%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −1750%	35−40 +1750%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −975%	40−45 +975%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −1940%	100−110 +1940%
Hitman 3	6−7 −400%	30−33 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −400%	80−85 +400%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −1333%	40−45 +1333%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −467%	50−55 +467%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −135%	80−85 +135%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −500%	35−40 +500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −540%	30−35 +540%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −525%	25 +525%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −1750%	35−40 +1750%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −975%	40−45 +975%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −1940%	100−110 +1940%
Hitman 3	6−7 −400%	30−33 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −400%	80−85 +400%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −1333%	40−45 +1333%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −589%	62 +589%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −208%	35−40 +208%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −135%	80−85 +135%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −500%	35−40 +500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −540%	30−35 +540%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −425%	21 +425%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −1750%	35−40 +1750%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −1940%	100−110 +1940%
Hitman 3	6−7 −400%	30−33 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −400%	80−85 +400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −489%	53 +489%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −117%	26 +117%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +127%	15 −127%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−1333%

40−45
+1333%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −1450%	30−35 +1450%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −1100%	24−27 +1100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −1500%	16−18 +1500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −1600%	16−18 +1600%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −700%	8−9 +700%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −800%	18−20 +800%
Hitman 3	7−8 −171%	18−20 +171%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −540%	30−35 +540%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −1600%	16−18 +1600%
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9 −1100%	95−100 +1100%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−550%

24−27
+550%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−1100%

12−14
+1100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −350%	9−10 +350%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −700%	8−9 +700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	8−9
Far Cry 5	1−2 −700%	8−9 +700%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	6−7

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−367%

14−16
+367%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	33 +0%	33 +0%
Battlefield 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Metro Exodus	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	20 +0%	20 +0%
Battlefield 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Metro Exodus	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	13 +0%	13 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Metro Exodus	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	37 +0%	37 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Hitman 3	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Metro Exodus	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 4850 and Arc A370M compete in popular games:

ATI Mobility HD 4850 is 13% faster in 1080p
Arc A370M is 1800% faster in 1440p
Arc A370M is 1067% faster in 4K

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

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the ATI Mobility HD 4850 is 127% faster.
in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Arc A370M is 1940% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

ATI Mobility HD 4850 is ahead in 1 test (1%)
Arc A370M is ahead in 50 tests (71%)
there's a draw in 19 tests (27%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.64	15.80
Recency	9 January 2009	30 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	6 nm

Arc A370M has a 863.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 816.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc A370M is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 4850 in performance tests.

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