GeForce GTX 260 vs Mobility Radeon HD 4850
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 260 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 260 stacks up against Mobility Radeon HD 4850, check out specs charts below.
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 GTX 260
Mobility Radeon HD 4850
Power consumption (TDP)
182 Watt
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
896 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 GTX 260 has 895 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
GeForce GTX 260 is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 - in Laptops.
GeForce GTX 260 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 - with Terascale 1.
Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 260 is 742 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
GeForce GTX 260 is manufactured by 65 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 - by 55 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 260 is 149 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
3−4
3−4
ultra / 1080p
1−2
1−2
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
14−16
14−16
medium / 1080p
5−6
5−6
GeForce GTX 260 and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.
high / 1080p
7−8
8−9
ultra / 1080p
6−7
6−7
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
20−22
18−20
medium / 1080p
8−9
8−9
GeForce GTX 260 and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 have the same average FPS in Battlefield 5.
low / 768p
45−50
50−55
high / 1080p
40−45
40−45
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4850 in Call of Duty: Warzone is 4% more, than GeForce GTX 260.
low / 768p
120−130
130−140
medium / 768p
95−100
100−110
ultra / 1080p
45−50
45−50
QHD / 1440p
24−27
24−27
4K / 2160p
−
18−20
high / 768p
70−75
75−80
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4850 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 6% more, than GeForce GTX 260.
low / 768p
70−75
65−70
ultra / 1080p
20−22
21−24
medium / 1080p
40−45
45−50
GeForce GTX 260 and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 have the same average FPS in Cyberpunk 2077.
low / 768p
75−80
75−80
medium / 768p
55−60
50−55
ultra / 1080p
27−30
24−27
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 260 in Dota 2 is 5% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
high / 1080p
4−5
4−5
ultra / 1080p
3−4
4−5
4K / 2160p
1−2
2−3
low / 720p
14−16
14−16
medium / 1080p
5−6
5−6
GeForce GTX 260 and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 have the same average FPS in Far Cry 5.
high / 1080p
12−14
12−14
ultra / 1080p
7−8
7−8
QHD / 1440p
4−5
4−5
low / 720p
55−60
55−60
medium / 1080p
16−18
14−16
GeForce GTX 260 and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 have the same average FPS in Fortnite.
high / 1080p
7−8
7−8
ultra / 1080p
6−7
−
QHD / 1440p
0−1
4−5
4K / 2160p
−
3−4
low / 720p
21−24
21−24
medium / 1080p
9−10
10−11
GeForce GTX 260 and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 have the same average FPS in Forza Horizon 4.
low / 768p
45−50
50−55
high / 1080p
9−10
7−8
ultra / 1080p
3−4
3−4
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
medium / 720p
40−45
40−45
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4850 in Grand Theft Auto V is 4% more, than GeForce GTX 260.
high / 1080p
2−3
2−3
ultra / 1080p
0−1
1−2
4K / 2160p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
8−9
7−8
medium / 1080p
3−4
4−5
GeForce GTX 260 and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 have the same average FPS in Metro Exodus.
low / 768p
85−90
90−95
high / 1080p
65−70
85−90
ultra / 1080p
−
85−90
4K / 2160p
−
75−80
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4850 in Minecraft is 16% more, than GeForce GTX 260.
ultra / 1080p
12−14
12−14
low / 720p
27−30
30−35
medium / 1080p
14−16
14−16
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4850 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 11% more, than GeForce GTX 260.
high / 1080p
6−7
−
ultra / 1080p
4−5
7−8
QHD / 1440p
0−1
−
low / 720p
7−8
8−9
medium / 1080p
−
8−9
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4850 in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 33% more, than GeForce GTX 260.
low / 768p
18−20
14−16
medium / 768p
12−14
10−11
high / 1080p
6−7
5−6
ultra / 1080p
4−5
4−5
4K / 2160p
1−2
2−3
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 260 in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 14% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
low / 768p
70−75
80−85
medium / 768p
35−40
40−45
ultra / 1080p
16−18
16−18
high / 768p
30−35
30−35
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4850 in World of Tanks is 10% more, than GeForce GTX 260.
Full Specs
GeForce GTX 260
Mobility Radeon HD 4850
Architecture
Tesla 2.0
Terascale 1
Code name
GT200
M98
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
16 June 2008
9 January 2009
Pipelines
192
800
Core clock speed
1242 MHz
500 MHz
Transistor count
1,400 million
956 million
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
55 nm
Texture fill rate
36.9 billion/sec
20.00
Floating-point performance
476.9 gflops
800.0 gflops
Length
10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Memory bus width
448 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
999 MHz
850 MHz
Memory bandwidth
111.9 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
192
Height
4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options
+
Multi monitor support
+
HDMI
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)
30 Mh/s
Laptop size
large
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