GeForce GTX 780M vs Mobility Radeon HD 4850

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 780M 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 GTX 780M stacks up against Mobility Radeon HD 4850, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 780M and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GTX 780M 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 GTX 780M or Mobility Radeon HD 4850 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 780M Mobility Radeon HD 4850
Power consumption (TDP) 122 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 780M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 780M has 3 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 780M is build with Kepler architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 - with Terascale 1.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 780M is 323 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
  • GeForce GTX 780M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 780M is 1650 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 20−22 3−4
ultra / 1080p 12−14 1−2
QHD / 1440p 6−7 0−1
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 40−45 14−16
medium / 1080p 24−27 5−6
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 780M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 316% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 780M Mobility Radeon HD 4850
Architecture Kepler Terascale 1
Code name N14E-GTX M98
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 30 May 2013 9 January 2009
Pipelines 1536 800
Core clock speed 823 MHz 500 MHz
Boost Clock 797 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 102.0 20.00
Floating-point performance 2,448 gflops 800.0 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 850 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB/s 54.4 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 API 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 5.1 4.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3
OpenCL 1.1 1.1
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 1536
Bus support PCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0
SLI options +
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 82 Mh/s
Laptop size large large
Standard memory configuration GDDR5
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 3840x2160
LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection +
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI +
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming +
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
Optimus +
Blu-Ray 3D Support +
3D Vision / 3DTV Play +
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