ATI Radeon HD 4850 vs GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile with Radeon HD 4850, including specs and performance data.

GTX 980 SLI Mobile
2015
2x 8 GB GDDR5, 330 Watt
39.28
+1377%

GTX 980 SLI Mobile outperforms ATI HD 4850 by a whopping 1377% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking114812
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.26
Power efficiency8.161.66
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameN16E-GXX SLIRV770
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date22 September 2015 (9 years ago)25 June 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$199

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 cores4096800
Core clock speed1126 MHz625 MHz
Boost clock speed1228 MHzno data
Number of transistors10400 Million956 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)330 Watt110 Watt
Texture fill rateno data25.00
Floating-point processing powerno data1 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data40

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
Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data246 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2x 8 GB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed3500 MHz993 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data63.55 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 data2x DVI, 1x S-Video
G-SYNC support+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_110.1 (10_1)
Shader Modelno data4.1
OpenGLno data3.3
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan-N/A
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.

GTX 980 SLI Mobile 39.28
+1377%
ATI HD 4850 2.66

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.

GTX 980 SLI Mobile 47704
+432%
ATI HD 4850 8972

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.

GTX 980 SLI Mobile 155238
+1277%
ATI HD 4850 11272

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:

900p400−450
+1279%
29
−1279%
Full HD133
+233%
40
−233%
1200p280−290
+1374%
19
−1374%
4K63
+1475%
4−5
−1475%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data4.98
4Kno data49.75

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
+1260%
5−6
−1260%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 80−85
+811%
9−10
−811%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70 0−1
Battlefield 5 120−130
+3000%
4−5
−3000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 75−80
+1014%
7−8
−1014%
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
+1260%
5−6
−1260%
Far Cry 5 80−85
+1580%
5−6
−1580%
Far Cry New Dawn 95−100
+1271%
7−8
−1271%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+1362%
12−14
−1362%
Hitman 3 80−85
+1071%
7−8
−1071%
Horizon Zero Dawn 160−170
+671%
21−24
−671%
Metro Exodus 120−130
+6100%
2−3
−6100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 90−95
+1417%
6−7
−1417%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 140−150
+1182%
10−12
−1182%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
+237%
35−40
−237%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 80−85
+811%
9−10
−811%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70 0−1
Battlefield 5 120−130
+3000%
4−5
−3000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 75−80
+1014%
7−8
−1014%
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
+1260%
5−6
−1260%
Far Cry 5 80−85
+1580%
5−6
−1580%
Far Cry New Dawn 95−100
+1271%
7−8
−1271%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+1362%
12−14
−1362%
Hitman 3 80−85
+1071%
7−8
−1071%
Horizon Zero Dawn 160−170
+671%
21−24
−671%
Metro Exodus 120−130
+6100%
2−3
−6100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 90−95
+1417%
6−7
−1417%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 140−150
+1182%
10−12
−1182%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 137
+954%
12−14
−954%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
+237%
35−40
−237%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 80−85
+811%
9−10
−811%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 75−80
+1014%
7−8
−1014%
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
+1260%
5−6
−1260%
Far Cry 5 80−85
+1580%
5−6
−1580%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+1362%
12−14
−1362%
Hitman 3 80−85
+1071%
7−8
−1071%
Horizon Zero Dawn 160−170
+671%
21−24
−671%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 140−150
+1182%
10−12
−1182%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 74
+469%
12−14
−469%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
+237%
35−40
−237%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 90−95
+1417%
6−7
−1417%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 70−75
+1750%
4−5
−1750%
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60
+1375%
4−5
−1375%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
+2000%
2−3
−2000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
+2000%
2−3
−2000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
+2150%
2−3
−2150%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
+2900%
1−2
−2900%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+1400%
3−4
−1400%
Forza Horizon 4 210−220
+1450%
14−16
−1450%
Hitman 3 50−55
+525%
8−9
−525%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
+1100%
7−8
−1100%
Metro Exodus 70−75
+1700%
4−5
−1700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 90−95
+1450%
6−7
−1450%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 55−60
+2700%
2−3
−2700%
Watch Dogs: Legion 190−200
+1088%
16−18
−1088%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 65−70
+1000%
6−7
−1000%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
+3800%
1−2
−3800%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−35
+3100%
1−2
−3100%
Hitman 3 30−35
+1450%
2−3
−1450%
Horizon Zero Dawn 180−190
+1400%
12−14
−1400%
Metro Exodus 45−50
+1533%
3−4
−1533%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 51
+1600%
3−4
−1600%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+1200%
2−3
−1200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+2300%
1−2
−2300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 24−27
+2400%
1−2
−2400%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14 0−1
Far Cry 5 21−24
+2200%
1−2
−2200%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+1700%
3−4
−1700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
+1667%
3−4
−1667%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+750%
4−5
−750%

This is how GTX 980 SLI Mobile and ATI HD 4850 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 980 SLI Mobile is 1279% faster in 900p
  • GTX 980 SLI Mobile is 233% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 980 SLI Mobile is 1374% faster in 1200p
  • GTX 980 SLI Mobile is 1475% faster in 4K

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

  • in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 980 SLI Mobile is 6100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 980 SLI Mobile surpassed ATI HD 4850 in all 57 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 39.28 2.66
Recency 22 September 2015 25 June 2008
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 330 Watt 110 Watt

GTX 980 SLI Mobile has a 1376.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.

ATI HD 4850, on the other hand, has 200% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 4850 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile is a notebook card while Radeon HD 4850 is a desktop one.


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