ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850 vs HD Graphics 530

Place in the ranking	821	950
Place by popularity	94	not in top-100
Power efficiency	11.96	no data
Architecture	Generation 9.0 (2015−2016)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	Skylake GT2	M98
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 September 2015 (9 years ago)	9 January 2009 (16 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 cores	192	800
Core clock speed	350 MHz	500 MHz
Boost clock speed	950 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	189 million	956 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm+	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	22.80	20.00
Floating-point processing power	0.3648 TFLOPS	0.8 TFLOPS
ROPs	3	16
TMUs	24	40

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	large
Interface	Ring Bus	PCIe 2.0 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 type	DDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	64 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	850 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	54.4 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

Portable Device Dependent

No outputs

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	6.4	4.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
OpenCL	3.0	1.1
Vulkan	+	N/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. 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.

HD Graphics 530 2.60
+57.6%

ATI Mobility HD 4850 1.65

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.

HD Graphics 530 6831
+29.8%

ATI Mobility HD 4850 5264

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 HD	13 −200%	39 +200%
4K	7 +75%	4−5 −75%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Elden Ring	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +30%	10−11 −30%
Metro Exodus	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 +42.9%	7−8 −42.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Dota 2	8 +300%	2−3 −300%
Elden Ring	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Far Cry 5	14−16 +25%	12−14 −25%
Fortnite	14−16 +75%	8−9 −75%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +30%	10−11 −30%
Grand Theft Auto V	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Metro Exodus	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	26 +52.9%	16−18 −52.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 +42.9%	7−8 −42.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
World of Tanks	45−50 +45.5%	30−35 −45.5%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Dota 2	20 +900%	2−3 −900%
Far Cry 5	14−16 +25%	12−14 −25%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +30%	10−11 −30%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	24−27 +41.2%	16−18 −41.2%

1440p
High Preset

Elden Ring	2−3	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	0−1	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	18−20 +63.6%	10−12 −63.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
World of Tanks	16−18 +70%	10−11 −70%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Valorant	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Elden Ring	1−2	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Dota 2	7 −129%	16−18 +129%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Fortnite	1−2	0−1
Valorant	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

This is how HD Graphics 530 and ATI Mobility HD 4850 compete in popular games:

ATI Mobility HD 4850 is 200% faster in 1080p
HD Graphics 530 is 75% faster in 4K

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

in Dota 2, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD Graphics 530 is 900% faster.
in Dota 2, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the ATI Mobility HD 4850 is 129% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

HD Graphics 530 is ahead in 38 tests (79%)
ATI Mobility HD 4850 is ahead in 2 tests (4%)
there's a draw in 8 tests (17%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.60	1.65
Recency	1 September 2015	9 January 2009
Maximum RAM amount	64 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	55 nm

HD Graphics 530 has a 57.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 292.9% more advanced lithography process.

The HD Graphics 530 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 4850 in performance tests.

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