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    Mobility Radeon HD 4850 vs Radeon R9 M290X

    In this comparison between Mobility Radeon HD 4850 and Radeon R9 M290X 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 R9 M290X will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.
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    Mobility Radeon HD 4850 and Radeon R9 M290X are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Mobility Radeon HD 4850 and Radeon R9 M290X 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 Radeon R9 M290X here:

    Mobility Radeon HD 4850 Laptops
    Radeon R9 M290X Laptops

    Main Specs

      Mobility Radeon HD 4850 Radeon R9 M290X
    Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R9 M290X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • Radeon R9 M290X has 3 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is build with Terascale 1 architecture, and Radeon R9 M290X - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon R9 M290X is 350 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
    • Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M290X - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon R9 M290X is 350 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 3−4 16−18
    ultra / 1080p 1−2 10−11
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
    4K / 2160p − 4−5
    low / 720p 14−16 30−35
    medium / 1080p 5−6 20−22
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M290X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 233% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.

    Full Specs

      Mobility Radeon HD 4850 Radeon R9 M290X
    Architecture Terascale 1 GCN
    Code name M98 Neptune
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 9 January 2009 7 January 2014
    Pipelines 800 1280
    Core clock speed 500 MHz 850 MHz
    Boost Clock 900 MHz
    Transistor count 956 million 2,800 million
    Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 20.00 72.00
    Floating-point performance 800.0 gflops 2,304 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 850 MHz 1200 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 54.4 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 10.1 (10_1)
    Shader Model 4.1 5.1
    OpenGL 3.3 4.4
    OpenCL 1.1 Not Listed
    Vulkan N/A
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 300 Mh/s
    Laptop size large large
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    DualGraphics +
    ZeroCore +
    Switchable graphics +
    Mantle +
    Compute units 20
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