Quadro T1200 Mobile vs ATI Radeon HD 4850

Place in the ranking	809	285
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.26	no data
Power efficiency	1.69	75.28
Architecture	TeraScale (2005−2013)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	RV770	TU117
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Release date	25 June 2008 (16 years ago)	12 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores	800	1024
Core clock speed	625 MHz	855 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1425 MHz
Number of transistors	956 million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	18 Watt
Texture fill rate	25.00	91.20
Floating-point processing power	1 TFLOPS	2.918 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	32
TMUs	40	64

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 size	no data	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	246 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no data

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	512 MB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	993 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	63.55 GB/s	160.0 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

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	10.1 (10_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	4.1	6.6
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2
CUDA	-	7.5

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 HD 4850 2.66

T1200 Mobile 19.44
+631%

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 HD 4850 8972

T1200 Mobile 44135
+392%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

ATI HD 4850 11272

T1200 Mobile 50827
+351%

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:

900p	29 −624%	210−220 +624%
Full HD	40 −45%	58 +45%
1200p	19 −584%	130−140 +584%
1440p	4−5 −725%	33 +725%
4K	10−12 −710%	81 +710%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	4.98	no data
1440p	49.75	no data
4K	19.90	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6

−540%

30−35
+540%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −389%	40−45 +389%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	47
Battlefield 5	4−5 −1525%	65−70 +1525%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −471%	40−45 +471%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −540%	30−35 +540%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −1200%	65 +1200%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −657%	50−55 +657%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −846%	120−130 +846%
Hitman 3	7−8 −457%	35−40 +457%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −186%	60 +186%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −600%	14−16 +600%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −783%	50−55 +783%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 −436%	59 +436%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −42.1%	54 +42.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −389%	40−45 +389%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	28
Battlefield 5	4−5 −1525%	65−70 +1525%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −471%	40−45 +471%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −540%	30−35 +540%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −1080%	59 +1080%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −657%	50−55 +657%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −846%	120−130 +846%
Hitman 3	7−8 −457%	35−40 +457%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −124%	47 +124%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −3350%	65−70 +3350%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −783%	50−55 +783%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 −300%	44 +300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −446%	71 +446%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −23.7%	47 +23.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −389%	40−45 +389%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	21
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −614%	50−55 +614%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −540%	30−35 +540%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −1020%	56 +1020%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −846%	120−130 +846%
Hitman 3	7−8 −614%	50−55 +614%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −614%	150−160 +614%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 −627%	80−85 +627%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −185%	37 +185%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +100%	19 −100%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7
−567%

40−45

+567%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 −575%	27−30 +575%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −575%	27−30 +575%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −900%	20−22 +900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −600%	14−16 +600%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −1100%	12−14 +1100%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −1267%	41 +1267%
Hitman 3	8−9 −588%	55−60 +588%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −614%	50−55 +614%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −600%	14−16 +600%
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 +33.3%	12 −33.3%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7
−567%

40−45

+567%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −600%	7−8 +600%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −600%	7−8 +600%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −500%	12−14 +500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −900%	10−11 +900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −600%	7−8 +600%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1000%	10−12 +1000%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	8−9

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5
−575%

27−30

+575%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Hitman 3	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	32 +0%	32 +0%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18 +0%	18 +0%
Battlefield 5	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Hitman 3	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Metro Exodus	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%

This is how ATI HD 4850 and T1200 Mobile compete in popular games:

T1200 Mobile is 624% faster in 900p
T1200 Mobile is 45% faster in 1080p
T1200 Mobile is 584% faster in 1200p
T1200 Mobile is 725% faster in 1440p
T1200 Mobile is 710% 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 HD 4850 is 100% faster.
in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the T1200 Mobile is 3350% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

ATI HD 4850 is ahead in 2 tests (3%)
T1200 Mobile is ahead in 38 tests (59%)
there's a draw in 24 tests (38%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.66	19.44
Recency	25 June 2008	12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	4 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	18 Watt

T1200 Mobile has a 630.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 358.3% more advanced lithography process, and 511.1% lower power consumption.

The Quadro T1200 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 4850 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 4850 is a desktop card while Quadro T1200 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.

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