Mobility Radeon HD 4850 vs Radeon HD 6550A

In this comparison between Mobility Radeon HD 4850 and Radeon HD 6550A 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 Radeon HD 6550A will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

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

  Mobility Radeon HD 4850 Radeon HD 6550A
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-A (3.0)
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6550A uses MXM-A (3.0) interface.
  • Radeon HD 6550A has 1 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 6550A - in Desktops.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is build with Terascale 1 architecture, and Radeon HD 6550A - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 6550A is 50 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6550A - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 6550A is 750 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 0−1
ultra / 1080p 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 1−2
medium / 1080p 5−6 0−1
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1400% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 4850 Radeon HD 6550A
Architecture Terascale 1 TeraScale 2
Code name M98 Pinewood
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 9 January 2009 7 February 2011
Pipelines 800 480
Core clock speed 500 MHz 550 MHz
Transistor count 956 million 627 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 20.00 13.20
Floating-point performance 800.0 gflops 624.0 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 850 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 54.4 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 10.1 (10_1) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 4.1 5.0
OpenGL 3.3 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A N/A
Laptop size large
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