ATI HD 4850 vs AMD R9 M370X

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Combined performance score

R9 M370X
3.98
+50.2%

R9 M370X outperforms HD 4850 by 50% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking650772
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for moneyno data0.16
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Terascale 1 (2008−2010)
GPU code nameCape VerdeRV770
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date19 May 2015 (8 years old)25 June 2008 (15 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$199
Current priceno data$138 (0.7x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Technical specs

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 cores640800
Core clock speed800 MHz625 MHz
Number of transistors1500 Million956 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data110 Watt
Texture fill rateno data25.00
Floating-point performanceno data1,000.0 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon R9 M370X and Radeon HD 4850 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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 sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data246 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed4500 MHz993 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data63.55 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Video outputs and ports

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 data2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API support

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

DirectX12 (FL 11_1)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Modelno data4.1
OpenGLno data3.3
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkanno dataN/A

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.

R9 M370X 3.98
+50.2%
ATI HD 4850 2.65

R9 M370X outperforms HD 4850 by 50% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

R9 M370X 1542
+50.3%
ATI HD 4850 1026

R9 M370X outperforms HD 4850 by 50% in Passmark.

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%

R9 M370X 13155
+46.6%
ATI HD 4850 8972

R9 M370X outperforms HD 4850 by 47% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

R9 M370X 15455
+37.1%
ATI HD 4850 11272

R9 M370X outperforms HD 4850 by 37% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

R9 M370X 188948
+159%
ATI HD 4850 72891

R9 M370X outperforms HD 4850 by 159% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

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:

900p40−45
+42.9%
28
−42.9%
Full HD34
−17.6%
40
+17.6%
1200p27−30
+42.1%
19
−42.1%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Battlefield 5 10−12
+120%
5−6
−120%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+16.7%
12−14
−16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+100%
6−7
−100%
Hitman 3 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
+22.2%
9−10
−22.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Battlefield 5 10−12
+120%
5−6
−120%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+16.7%
12−14
−16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+100%
6−7
−100%
Hitman 3 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Metro Exodus 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
+22.2%
9−10
−22.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 15
+150%
6−7
−150%
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Battlefield 5 10−12
+120%
5−6
−120%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+100%
6−7
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Hitman 3 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
+10%
10−11
−10%
Metro Exodus 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Hitman 3 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1−2 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2 0−1

This is how R9 M370X and ATI HD 4850 compete in popular games:

900p resolution:

  • R9 M370X is 42.9% faster than ATI HD 4850

1080p resolution:

  • ATI HD 4850 is 17.6% faster than R9 M370X

1200p resolution:

  • R9 M370X is 42.1% faster than ATI HD 4850

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

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the R9 M370X is 300% faster than the ATI HD 4850.

All in all, in popular games:

  • R9 M370X is ahead in 50 tests (94%)
  • there's a draw in 3 tests (6%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 3.98 2.65
Recency 19 May 2015 25 June 2008
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm

The Radeon R9 M370X is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 4850 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R9 M370X is a notebook card while Radeon HD 4850 is a desktop one.


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

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