Maxwell GPU Surface Book vs Mobility Radeon HD 4850
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Maxwell GPU Surface Book 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 Maxwell GPU Surface Book stacks up against Mobility Radeon HD 4850, check out specs charts below.
Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 are Laptop Graphics Cards
Note: Maxwell GPU Surface Book 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 Maxwell GPU Surface Book or Mobility Radeon HD 4850 here:
Main Specs
Maxwell GPU Surface Book
Mobility Radeon HD 4850
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
1 GB
Display Connectors
No outputs
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Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
Both cards are used in Laptops.
Maxwell GPU Surface Book is build with Maxwell architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 - with Terascale 1.
Core clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 454 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
Maxwell GPU Surface Book is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 - by 55 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 4162 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
Game benchmarks
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Battlefield 5
Call of Duty: Warzone
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Cyberpunk 2077
Dota 2
Far Cry 5
Fortnite
Forza Horizon 4
Grand Theft Auto V
Metro Exodus
Minecraft
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
Red Dead Redemption 2
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
World of Tanks
high / 1080p
8−9
3−4
ultra / 1080p
5−6
1−2
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
20−22
14−16
medium / 1080p
10−12
5−6
The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 83% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
high / 1080p
14−16
8−9
ultra / 1080p
12−14
6−7
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
30−35
18−20
medium / 1080p
16−18
8−9
The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book in Battlefield 5 is 90% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
low / 768p
45−50
50−55
high / 1080p
45−50
40−45
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone.
low / 768p
150−160
130−140
medium / 768p
130−140
100−110
ultra / 1080p
65−70
45−50
QHD / 1440p
35−40
24−27
4K / 2160p
27−30
18−20
high / 768p
95−100
75−80
The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 26% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
low / 768p
55−60
65−70
ultra / 1080p
24−27
21−24
medium / 1080p
45−50
45−50
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4850 in Cyberpunk 2077 is 4% more, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
low / 768p
85−90
75−80
medium / 768p
65−70
50−55
ultra / 1080p
40−45
24−27
The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book in Dota 2 is 27% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
high / 1080p
10−11
4−5
ultra / 1080p
9−10
4−5
4K / 2160p
4−5
2−3
low / 720p
24−27
14−16
medium / 1080p
10−12
5−6
The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book in Far Cry 5 is 100% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
high / 1080p
16−18
12−14
ultra / 1080p
12−14
7−8
QHD / 1440p
−
4−5
low / 720p
70−75
55−60
medium / 1080p
30−33
14−16
The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book in Fortnite is 43% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
high / 1080p
14−16
7−8
ultra / 1080p
12−14
−
QHD / 1440p
3−4
4−5
4K / 2160p
−
3−4
low / 720p
30−35
21−24
medium / 1080p
16−18
10−11
The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book in Forza Horizon 4 is 54% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
low / 768p
60−65
50−55
medium / 768p
50−55
−
high / 1080p
16−18
7−8
ultra / 1080p
8−9
3−4
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
medium / 720p
−
40−45
The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book in Grand Theft Auto V is 38% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
high / 1080p
6−7
2−3
ultra / 1080p
4−5
1−2
4K / 2160p
1−2
0−1
low / 720p
16−18
7−8
medium / 1080p
8−9
4−5
The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book in Metro Exodus is 125% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
low / 768p
95−100
90−95
high / 1080p
95−100
85−90
ultra / 1080p
85−90
85−90
4K / 2160p
−
75−80
medium / 1080p
95−100
−
The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book in Minecraft is 5% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
high / 1080p
18−20
−
ultra / 1080p
14−16
12−14
low / 720p
35−40
30−35
medium / 1080p
18−20
14−16
The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 15% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
high / 1080p
12−14
−
ultra / 1080p
8−9
7−8
QHD / 1440p
0−1
−
low / 720p
16−18
8−9
medium / 1080p
12−14
8−9
The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 50% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
low / 768p
30−35
14−16
medium / 768p
21−24
10−11
high / 1080p
10−12
5−6
ultra / 1080p
7−8
4−5
4K / 2160p
6−7
2−3
The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 128% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
low / 768p
90−95
80−85
medium / 768p
50−55
40−45
ultra / 1080p
24−27
16−18
high / 768p
40−45
30−35
The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book in World of Tanks is 23% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
Full Specs
Maxwell GPU Surface Book
Mobility Radeon HD 4850
Architecture
Maxwell
Terascale 1
Code name
Surface Book
M98
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
1 October 2015
9 January 2009
Pipelines
384
800
Core clock speed
954 MHz
500 MHz
Boost Clock
993 MHz
Transistor count
956 million
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
55 nm
Texture fill rate
20.00
Floating-point performance
800.0 gflops
Memory bus width
64 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
5012 MHz
850 MHz
Memory bandwidth
54.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
DirectX
DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model
4.1
OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
Vulkan
N/A
CUDA
+
Laptop size
large
Optimus
+
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