GeForce 9500 GT vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 4850 with GeForce 9500 GT, including specs and performance data.

ATI Mobility HD 4850
2009
1 GB GDDR3
1.52
+230%

Mobility HD 4850 outperforms 9500 GT by a whopping 230% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking10281319
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data0.71
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameM98G96
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date9 January 2009 (17 years ago)29 July 2008 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$85.99

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores80032
Core clock speed500 MHz550 MHz
Number of transistors956 million314 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105 °C
Texture fill rate20.009.600
Floating-point processing power0.8 TFLOPS0.096 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs4016
L1 Cache160 KBno data
L2 Cache256 KB32 KB

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data175 mm
Heightno data4.376" (11.1 cm)
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
SLI options-+

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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed850 MHz800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Memory bandwidth54.4 GB/s25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsDual Link DVISingle Link DVI
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMI-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataS/PDIF

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX10.1 (10_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.14.0
OpenGL3.32.1
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-+

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 HD41
+242%
12−14
−242%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data7.17

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1
Resident Evil 4 Remake 1−2 0−1

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 2−3 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4 0−1
Fortnite 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
Forza Horizon 5 2−3 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
Valorant 35−40
+250%
10−11
−250%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 2−3 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 0−1 0−1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 30−35
+267%
9−10
−267%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1
Dota 2 18−20
+260%
5−6
−260%
Far Cry 5 3−4 0−1
Fortnite 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
Forza Horizon 5 2−3 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 1−2 0−1
Metro Exodus 2−3 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Valorant 35−40
+250%
10−11
−250%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 2−3 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1
Dota 2 18−20
+260%
5−6
−260%
Far Cry 5 3−4 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Valorant 35−40
+250%
10−11
−250%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%
Valorant 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4 0−1

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 2−3 0−1

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+250%
4−5
−250%
Valorant 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%

4K
Ultra

Dota 2 2−3 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3 0−1

4K
Epic

Fortnite 2−3 0−1

This is how ATI Mobility HD 4850 and 9500 GT compete in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 4850 is 242% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.52 0.46
Recency 9 January 2009 29 July 2008
Chip lithography 55 nm 65 nm

ATI Mobility HD 4850 has a 230% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 months, and a 18% more advanced lithography process.

The Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9500 GT in performance tests.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is a notebook graphics card while GeForce 9500 GT is a desktop one.

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