ATI Radeon HD 4200 vs ATI Mobility HD 4850

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 4850 with Radeon HD 4200, including specs and performance data.

ATI Mobility HD 4850
2009
1 GB GDDR3
1.42
+468%

ATI Mobility HD 4850 outperforms ATI HD 4200 by a whopping 468% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking9591351
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameM98RS880
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date9 January 2009 (16 years ago)1 August 2009 (15 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 cores80040
Core clock speed500 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors956 million181 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm55 nm
Texture fill rate20.002.000
Floating-point processing power0.8 TFLOPS0.04 TFLOPS
ROPs164
TMUs404

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 1.0 x16
Widthno dataIGP

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 BitSystem Shared
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

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.14.1
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.11.0
VulkanN/AN/A

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.

ATI Mobility HD 4850 1.42
+468%
ATI HD 4200 0.25

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
+2130%
ATI HD 4200 236

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
+486%
7−8
−486%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Battlefield 5 3−4 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Fortnite 5−6 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Forza Horizon 5 0−1 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Valorant 35−40
+38.5%
24−27
−38.5%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Battlefield 5 3−4 0−1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 30−35
+154%
12−14
−154%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Dota 2 18−20
+111%
9−10
−111%
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Fortnite 5−6 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Forza Horizon 5 0−1 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 2−3 0−1
Metro Exodus 2−3 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Valorant 35−40
+38.5%
24−27
−38.5%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Dota 2 18−20
+111%
9−10
−111%
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Valorant 35−40
+38.5%
24−27
−38.5%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 5−6 0−1

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 1−2 0−1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14−16
+400%
3−4
−400%
Valorant 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%

1440p
Ultra Preset

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 2−3 0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 3−4 0−1

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 1−2 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Valorant 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Dota 2 2−3 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 4850 and ATI HD 4200 compete in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 4850 is 486% faster in 1080p

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

  • in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the ATI Mobility HD 4850 is 400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 4850 is ahead in 27 tests (96%)
  • there's a draw in 1 test (4%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.42 0.25
Recency 9 January 2009 1 August 2009

ATI Mobility HD 4850 has a 468% higher aggregate performance score.

ATI HD 4200, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 months.

The Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 4200 in performance tests.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is a notebook card while Radeon HD 4200 is a desktop one.

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