GeForce 9800M GTS SLI vs Mobility Radeon HD 4850

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 9800M GTS SLI and Mobility Radeon HD 4850, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce 9800M GTS SLI stacks up against Mobility Radeon HD 4850, check out specs charts below.

GeForce 9800M GTS SLI and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce 9800M GTS SLI and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 GeForce 9800M GTS SLI or Mobility Radeon HD 4850 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 9800M GTS SLI Mobility Radeon HD 4850
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • GeForce 9800M GTS SLI has 511 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce 9800M GTS SLI is build with G9x architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 - with Terascale 1.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 9800M GTS SLI is 100 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
  • GeForce 9800M GTS SLI is manufactured by 55/65 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is 50 MHz higher, than GeForce 9800M GTS SLI.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 5−6 3−4
ultra / 1080p 3−4 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 14−16
medium / 1080p 7−8 5−6
The average gaming FPS of GeForce 9800M GTS SLI in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 16% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.

Full Specs

  GeForce 9800M GTS SLI Mobility Radeon HD 4850
Architecture G9x Terascale 1
Code name NB9E-GT M98
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 15 July 2008 9 January 2009
Pipelines 128 800
Core clock speed 600 MHz 500 MHz
Transistor count 1508 Million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 55/65 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 20.00
Floating-point performance 800.0 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz 850 MHz
Memory bandwidth 54.4 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX DirectX 10, Shader 4.0 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 4.1
OpenGL 3.3
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA +
SLI options +
Laptop size large large
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