GeForce 9800 GTX vs Mobility Radeon HD 4850

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 9800 GTX and Mobility Radeon HD 4850. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce 9800 GTX and Mobility Radeon HD 4850. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Mobility Radeon HD 4850 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 9800 GTX Mobility Radeon HD 4850
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video No outputs
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  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce 9800 GTX has 511 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
  • GeForce 9800 GTX is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 - in Laptops.
  • GeForce 9800 GTX is build with Tesla architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 - with Terascale 1.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 9800 GTX is 1188 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
  • GeForce 9800 GTX is manufactured by 65 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce 9800 GTX is 250 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 3−4
ultra / 1080p 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 14−16
medium / 1080p 0−1 5−6
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1400% more, than GeForce 9800 GTX.

Full Specs

  GeForce 9800 GTX Mobility Radeon HD 4850
Architecture Tesla Terascale 1
Code name G92 M98
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 28 March 2008 9 January 2009
Pipelines 128 800
Core clock speed 1688 MHz 500 MHz
Transistor count 754 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 43.2 billion/sec 20.00
Floating-point performance 432.1 gflops 800.0 gflops
Length 10.5" (26.7 cm)
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1100 MHz 850 MHz
Memory bandwidth 70.4 GB/s 54.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 4.0 4.1
OpenGL 2.1 3.3
OpenCL 1.1 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 128
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI Via Adapter
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI S/PDIF
Laptop size large
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