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    GeForce GTX 280 vs Mobility Radeon HD 4850

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 280 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 GTX 280 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.
    GeForce GTX 280
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    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:

    Mobility Radeon HD 4850 Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 280 Mobility Radeon HD 4850
    Power consumption (TDP) 236 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 6-pin & 8-pin
    Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 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 280 and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
    • GeForce GTX 280 is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 - in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 280 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 - with Terascale 1.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 280 is 796 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
    • GeForce GTX 280 is manufactured by 65 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 4850 - by 55 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 280 is 257 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 1−2 3−4
    ultra / 1080p 0−1 1−2
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
    low / 720p 12−14 14−16
    medium / 1080p 3−4 5−6
    The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 33% more, than GeForce GTX 280.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 280 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 240 800
    Core clock speed 1296 MHz 500 MHz
    Transistor count 1,400 million 956 million
    Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 55 nm
    Texture fill rate 48.2 billion/sec 20.00
    Floating-point performance 622.1 gflops 800.0 gflops
    Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
    Memory bus width 512 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1107 MHz 850 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 141.7 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 240
    Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
    SLI options +
    Multi monitor support +
    Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
    Audio input for HDMI S/PDIF
    Laptop size large
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