ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850 vs R9 M275

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R9 M275 and Mobility Radeon HD 4850, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R9 M275
2014
2 GB GDDR5
2.89
+75.2%

R9 M275 outperforms ATI Mobility HD 4850 by an impressive 75% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking783944
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.14no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameVenusM98
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date28 January 2014 (10 years ago)9 January 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$799.99 no data

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 cores640800
Core clock speed900 MHz500 MHz
Boost clock speed925 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,500 million956 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Texture fill rate37.0020.00
Floating-point processing power1.184 TFLOPS0.8 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs4040

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 sizelargelarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz850 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s54.4 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

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 HD24
−62.5%
39
+62.5%

Cost per frame, $

1080p33.33no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Battlefield 5 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+200%
5−6
−200%
Hitman 3 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+37.5%
16−18
−37.5%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+33.3%
9−10
−33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+14.7%
30−35
−14.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Battlefield 5 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+200%
5−6
−200%
Hitman 3 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+37.5%
16−18
−37.5%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+33.3%
9−10
−33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+16.7%
12−14
−16.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+14.7%
30−35
−14.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+200%
5−6
−200%
Hitman 3 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+37.5%
16−18
−37.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+33.3%
9−10
−33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+16.7%
12−14
−16.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+14.7%
30−35
−14.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Hitman 3 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 16−18
+113%
8−9
−113%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%

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 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

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

This is how R9 M275 and ATI Mobility HD 4850 compete in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 4850 is 63% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the R9 M275 is 200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • R9 M275 is ahead in 47 tests (92%)
  • there's a draw in 4 tests (8%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.89 1.65
Recency 28 January 2014 9 January 2009
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm

R9 M275 has a 75.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon R9 M275 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 4850 in performance tests.


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