Mobility Radeon HD 4850 vs Quadro K5100M

In this comparison between Mobility Radeon HD 4850 and Quadro K5100M you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people Mobility Radeon HD 4850 will be the best choice, for others Quadro K5100M will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Mobility Radeon HD 4850 and Quadro K5100M are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Mobility Radeon HD 4850 and Quadro K5100M 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 Mobility Radeon HD 4850 or Quadro K5100M here:

Main Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 4850 Quadro K5100M
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Quadro K5100M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • Quadro K5100M has 7 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is used in Laptops, and Quadro K5100M - in Mobile workstations.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is build with Terascale 1 architecture, and Quadro K5100M - with Kepler.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro K5100M is 271 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Quadro K5100M - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro K5100M is 2750 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 14−16
ultra / 1080p 1−2 8−9
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 14−16 30−35
medium / 1080p 5−6 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K5100M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 200% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 4850 Quadro K5100M
Architecture Terascale 1 Kepler
Code name M98 N15E-Q5-A2
Type Laptop Mobile workstation
Release date 9 January 2009 23 July 2013
Pipelines 800 1536
Core clock speed 500 MHz 771 MHz
Transistor count 956 million 3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 20.00 98.69
Floating-point performance 800.0 gflops 2,369 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 850 MHz 3600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 54.4 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 10.1 (10_1) 12
Shader Model 4.1 5
OpenGL 3.3 4.5
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.1.126
CUDA +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 35 Mh/s
Laptop size large large
Optimus +
Display Port 1.2
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
nView Display Management +
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