Mobility Radeon HD 4850 vs Radeon HD 4830

In this comparison between Mobility Radeon HD 4850 and Radeon HD 4830 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 4830 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 4830
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon HD 4830 has 511 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 4830 - in Desktops.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is build with Terascale 1 architecture, and Radeon HD 4830 - with TeraScale.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 4830 is 75 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 4850 and Radeon HD 4830 are manufactured by 55 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 4830 is 950 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 0−1
ultra / 1080p 1−2 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 10−12
medium / 1080p 5−6 2−3
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 66% more, than Radeon HD 4830.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 4850 Radeon HD 4830
Architecture Terascale 1 TeraScale
Code name M98 RV770
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 9 January 2009 21 October 2008
Pipelines 800 640
Core clock speed 500 MHz 575 MHz
Transistor count 956 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 20.00 18.40
Floating-point performance 800.0 gflops 736.0 gflops
Length 246 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 850 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 54.4 GB/s 57.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 10.1 (10_1) 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 4.1 4.1
OpenGL 3.3 3.3
OpenCL 1.1 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
Laptop size large
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