HD Graphics 4000 vs Mobility Radeon HD 4850

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Aggregate performance score

ATI Mobility HD 4850
2009
1 GB GDDR3
1.64
+40.2%

Mobility Radeon HD 4850 outperforms HD Graphics 4000 by a considerable 40% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking9061030
Place by popularitynot in top-10039
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.160.13
ArchitectureTerascale 1 (2008−2010)Gen. 7 Ivy Bridge (2011−2012)
GPU code nameM98Ivy Bridge
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date9 January 2009 (15 years ago)23 March 2011 (13 years ago)
Current price$187 $91

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

ATI Mobility HD 4850 has 23% better value for money than HD Graphics 4000.

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 cores80016
Core clock speed500 MHz350 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1350 MHz
Number of transistors956 million1,200 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no dataunknown
Texture fill rate20.0020.80
Floating-point performance800.0 gflops33.6 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Mobility Radeon HD 4850 and HD Graphics 4000 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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16

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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 Bit64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed850 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth54.4 GB/sno data
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

Supported technologies

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

Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)11.1 (11_0)
Shader Model4.15.0
OpenGL3.34.0
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.1.80

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.

ATI Mobility HD 4850 1.64
+40.2%
HD Graphics 4000 1.17

Mobility Radeon HD 4850 outperforms HD Graphics 4000 by 40% based on our aggregated 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%

ATI Mobility HD 4850 5264
+77.9%
HD Graphics 4000 2959

Mobility Radeon HD 4850 outperforms HD Graphics 4000 by 78% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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:

900p16−18
+33.3%
12
−33.3%
Full HD43
+330%
10
−330%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Hitman 3 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
+8.3%
12−14
−8.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Hitman 3 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
+8.3%
12−14
−8.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
+8.3%
12−14
−8.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Metro Exodus 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 4850 and HD Graphics 4000 compete in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 4850 is 33% faster in 900p
  • ATI Mobility HD 4850 is 330% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the ATI Mobility HD 4850 is 200% faster than the HD Graphics 4000.

All in all, in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 4850 is ahead in 32 tests (84%)
  • there's a draw in 6 tests (16%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.64 1.17
Recency 9 January 2009 23 March 2011
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB System Shared
Chip lithography 55 nm 22 nm

The Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 4000 in performance tests.


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