Mobility Radeon HD 4850 vs Radeon HD 6950

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 4850 and Radeon HD 6950, 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 Mobility Radeon HD 4850 stacks up against Radeon HD 6950, check out specs charts below.

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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

	Mobility Radeon HD 4850	Radeon HD 6950
Power consumption (TDP)		500 Watt
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
Radeon HD 6950 has 1 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 6950 - in Desktops.
Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is build with Terascale 1 architecture, and Radeon HD 6950 - with TeraScale 3.
Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6950 - by 40 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 6950 is 400 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	27−30
medium / 1080p	5−6	16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 183% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
high / 1080p	8−9	21−24
ultra / 1080p	6−7	18−20
QHD / 1440p	0−1	5−6
4K / 2160p	−	5−6
low / 720p	18−20	45−50
medium / 1080p	8−9	24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6950 in Battlefield 5 is 180% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
low / 768p	50−55	45−50
high / 1080p	40−45	−
QHD / 1440p	0−1	0−1
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4850 in Call of Duty: Warzone is 10% more, than Radeon HD 6950.
low / 768p	130−140	200−210
medium / 768p	100−110	170−180
ultra / 1080p	45−50	90−95
QHD / 1440p	24−27	50−55
4K / 2160p	18−20	30−33
high / 768p	75−80	130−140
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6950 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 69% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
low / 768p	65−70	55−60
ultra / 1080p	21−24	35−40
medium / 1080p	45−50	45−50
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6950 in Cyberpunk 2077 is 4% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
low / 768p	75−80	100−110
medium / 768p	50−55	90−95
ultra / 1080p	24−27	60−65
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6950 in Dota 2 is 68% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
high / 1080p	4−5	16−18
ultra / 1080p	4−5	14−16
4K / 2160p	2−3	6−7
low / 720p	14−16	35−40
medium / 1080p	5−6	18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6950 in Far Cry 5 is 216% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
high / 1080p	12−14	21−24
ultra / 1080p	7−8	18−20
QHD / 1440p	4−5	16−18
low / 720p	55−60	90−95
medium / 1080p	14−16	45−50
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6950 in Fortnite is 105% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
high / 1080p	7−8	24−27
ultra / 1080p	−	18−20
QHD / 1440p	4−5	8−9
4K / 2160p	3−4	−
low / 720p	21−24	45−50
medium / 1080p	10−11	27−30
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6950 in Forza Horizon 4 is 145% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
low / 768p	50−55	80−85
medium / 768p	−	70−75
high / 1080p	7−8	27−30
ultra / 1080p	3−4	10−12
QHD / 1440p	0−1	2−3
medium / 720p	40−45	−
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6950 in Grand Theft Auto V is 90% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
high / 1080p	2−3	9−10
ultra / 1080p	1−2	7−8
4K / 2160p	0−1	2−3
low / 720p	7−8	27−30
medium / 1080p	4−5	12−14
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6950 in Metro Exodus is 250% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
low / 768p	90−95	110−120
high / 1080p	85−90	−
ultra / 1080p	85−90	100−110
4K / 2160p	75−80	−
medium / 1080p	−	100−110
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6950 in Minecraft is 22% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
high / 1080p	−	21−24
ultra / 1080p	12−14	16−18
low / 720p	30−35	50−55
medium / 1080p	14−16	21−24
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6950 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 50% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
high / 1080p	−	14−16
ultra / 1080p	7−8	9−10
QHD / 1440p	−	0−1
low / 720p	8−9	24−27
medium / 1080p	8−9	14−16
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6950 in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 100% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
low / 768p	14−16	50−55
medium / 768p	10−11	30−35
high / 1080p	5−6	16−18
ultra / 1080p	4−5	10−11
4K / 2160p	2−3	8−9
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6950 in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 242% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
low / 768p	80−85	100−105
medium / 768p	40−45	60−65
ultra / 1080p	16−18	30−35
high / 768p	30−35	50−55
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6950 in World of Tanks is 44% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.

Full Specs

	Mobility Radeon HD 4850	Radeon HD 6950
Architecture	Terascale 1	TeraScale 3
Code name	M98	Cayman
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	9 January 2009	14 December 2010
Pipelines	800	1408
Core clock speed	500 MHz
Boost Clock		800 MHz
Transistor count	956 million	2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	40 nm
Texture fill rate	20.00	70.40
Floating-point performance	800.0 gflops	2,252.8 gflops
Length		267 mm
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	850 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	54.4 GB/s
Shared memory	-
DirectX	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	4.1	5.0
OpenGL	3.3	4.4
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A
Bus support		PCIe 2.0 x16
HDMI		+
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)		244 Mh/s
Laptop size	large
Eyefinity		+
Design		reference
CrossFire		+
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Mobility Radeon HD 4850 vs Radeon HD 6950

Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is a Laptop Graphics Card

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