GeForce GT 740M vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 4850 and GeForce GT 740M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI Mobility HD 4850
2009
1 GB GDDR3
1.63

GT 740M outperforms ATI Mobility HD 4850 by a significant 26% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking953883
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data4.33
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code nameM98GK208
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date9 January 2009 (16 years ago)20 June 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

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

Pipelines / CUDA cores800384
Core clock speed500 MHz980 MHz
Boost clock speedno data980 MHz
Number of transistors956 million915 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data45 Watt
Texture fill rate20.0031.36
Floating-point processing power0.8 TFLOPS0.7526 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs4032

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 sizelargemedium sized
Bus supportno dataPCI Express 3.0
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 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 typeGDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB2 GB
Standard memory configurationno dataDDR3/GDDR5
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed850 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth54.4 GB/s14.4 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
eDP 1.2 signal supportno dataUp to 3840x2160
LVDS signal supportno dataUp to 1920x1200
VGA аnalog display supportno dataUp to 2048x1536
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportno dataUp to 3840x2160
HDMI-+
HDCP content protection-+
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI-+
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Blu-Ray 3D Support-+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder-+
Optimus-+
3D Vision / 3DTV Play-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 API
Shader Model4.15.1
OpenGL3.34.5
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA-+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

ATI Mobility HD 4850 1.63
GT 740M 2.05
+25.8%

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.

ATI Mobility HD 4850 5264
GT 740M 6591
+25.2%

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 HD39
+144%
16
−144%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Counter-Strike 2 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
−10%
10−12
+10%
Metro Exodus 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Counter-Strike 2 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Dota 2 3−4
−66.7%
5
+66.7%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−16.7%
14−16
+16.7%
Fortnite 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
−10%
10−12
+10%
Grand Theft Auto V 3−4
−133%
7
+133%
Metro Exodus 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 16−18
−17.6%
20−22
+17.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+14.3%
7
−14.3%
World of Tanks 30−35
−63.6%
54
+63.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Counter-Strike 2 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Dota 2 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−16.7%
14−16
+16.7%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
−10%
10−12
+10%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 16−18
−17.6%
20−22
+17.6%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
−30%
12−14
+30%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
World of Tanks 10−11
−30%
12−14
+30%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Valorant 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Dota 2 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Counter-Strike 2 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Dota 2 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Valorant 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 0−1 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Fortnite 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 5 0−1 0−1

This is how ATI Mobility HD 4850 and GT 740M compete in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 4850 is 144% faster in 1080p

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

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the ATI Mobility HD 4850 is 14% faster.
  • in Grand Theft Auto V, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GT 740M is 133% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 4850 is ahead in 1 test (2%)
  • GT 740M is ahead in 34 tests (71%)
  • there's a draw in 13 tests (27%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.63 2.05
Recency 9 January 2009 20 June 2013
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 28 nm

GT 740M has a 25.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GT 740M is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 4850 in performance tests.


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