ATI Radeon HD 4850 vs Iris Xe Graphics G7

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Iris Xe Graphics G7 with Radeon HD 4850, including specs and performance data.

Iris Xe Graphics G7
2020
10.93
+311%

Iris Xe Graphics G7 outperforms ATI HD 4850 by a whopping 311% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking425807
Place by popularity35not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.21
Power efficiencyno data1.69
ArchitectureGen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameTiger Lake XeRV770
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date15 August 2020 (4 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 cores96800
Core clock speedno data625 MHz
Number of transistorsno data956 million
Manufacturing process technology10 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data110 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).

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

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 typeDDR4GDDR3
Maximum RAM amountno data512 MB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data993 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

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.

DirectXDirectX 12_110.1 (10_1)
Shader Modelno data4.1
OpenGLno data3.3
OpenCLno data1.1
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.

Iris Xe Graphics G7 10.93
+311%
ATI HD 4850 2.66

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.

Iris Xe Graphics G7 38040
+237%
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:

900p110−120
+279%
29
−279%
Full HD160−170
+300%
40
−300%
1200p75−80
+295%
19
−295%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data4.98

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+178%
9−10
−178%
Battlefield 5 30−35
+750%
4−5
−750%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
+214%
7−8
−214%
Far Cry 5 24−27
+400%
5−6
−400%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−33
+329%
7−8
−329%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
+446%
12−14
−446%
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60
+176%
21−24
−176%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−33
+400%
6−7
−400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
+218%
10−12
−218%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+178%
9−10
−178%
Battlefield 5 30−35
+750%
4−5
−750%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
+214%
7−8
−214%
Far Cry 5 24−27
+400%
5−6
−400%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−33
+329%
7−8
−329%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
+446%
12−14
−446%
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60
+176%
21−24
−176%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+1650%
2−3
−1650%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−33
+400%
6−7
−400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
+218%
10−12
−218%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+115%
12−14
−115%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+178%
9−10
−178%
Battlefield 5 30−35
+325%
8−9
−325%
Far Cry 5 24−27
+400%
5−6
−400%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−33
+329%
7−8
−329%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
+446%
12−14
−446%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+115%
12−14
−115%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+340%
5−6
−340%
Metro Exodus 16−18
+433%
3−4
−433%
Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
+350%
4−5
−350%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+400%
3−4
−400%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
+400%
2−3
−400%
Battlefield 5 21−24
+320%
5−6
−320%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
+433%
3−4
−433%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
+390%
10−11
−390%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
+380%
10−11
−380%
Metro Exodus 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
+400%
2−3
−400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Battlefield 5 10−11
+400%
2−3
−400%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Hitman 3 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Metro Exodus 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Hitman 3 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Hitman 3 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Hitman 3 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

This is how Iris Xe Graphics G7 and ATI HD 4850 compete in popular games:

  • Iris Xe Graphics G7 is 279% faster in 900p
  • Iris Xe Graphics G7 is 300% faster in 1080p
  • Iris Xe Graphics G7 is 295% faster in 1200p

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

  • in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the Iris Xe Graphics G7 is 1650% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Iris Xe Graphics G7 is ahead in 28 tests (49%)
  • there's a draw in 29 tests (51%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.93 2.66
Recency 15 August 2020 25 June 2008
Chip lithography 10 nm 55 nm

Iris Xe Graphics G7 has a 310.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, and a 450% more advanced lithography process.

The Iris Xe Graphics G7 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 4850 in performance tests.

Be aware that Iris Xe Graphics G7 is a notebook card while Radeon HD 4850 is a desktop one.


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