UHD Graphics 617 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 4850 with UHD Graphics 617, including specs and performance data.

ATI Mobility HD 4850
2009
1 GB GDDR3
1.65

UHD Graphics 617 outperforms ATI Mobility HD 4850 by a substantial 35% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking944852
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data10.29
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Generation 9.5 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameM98Amber Lake GT2
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date9 January 2009 (15 years ago)7 November 2018 (6 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 cores800192
Core clock speed500 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1050 MHz
Number of transistors956 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology55 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt
Texture fill rate20.0025.20
Floating-point processing power0.8 TFLOPS0.4032 TFLOPS
ROPs163
TMUs4024

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
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16Ring Bus
Widthno dataIGP

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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed850 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth54.4 GB/sno data
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 outputsPortable Device Dependent

Supported technologies

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

Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.16.4
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3

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 HD39
+179%
14
−179%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Hitman 3 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−6.3%
16−18
+6.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−2.9%
35−40
+2.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Hitman 3 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−6.3%
16−18
+6.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−2.9%
35−40
+2.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Hitman 3 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−6.3%
16−18
+6.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−2.9%
35−40
+2.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Hitman 3 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 4850 and UHD Graphics 617 compete in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 4850 is 179% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Far Cry 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the UHD Graphics 617 is 50% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • UHD Graphics 617 is ahead in 25 tests (47%)
  • there's a draw in 28 tests (53%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.65 2.23
Recency 9 January 2009 7 November 2018
Chip lithography 55 nm 14 nm

UHD Graphics 617 has a 35.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, and a 292.9% more advanced lithography process.

The UHD Graphics 617 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 4850 in performance tests.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is a notebook card while UHD Graphics 617 is a desktop one.


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