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    GeForce GTX 960M vs Radeon HD 4850

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 960M and Radeon HD 4850, 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 GeForce GTX 960M stacks up against Radeon HD 4850, check out specs charts below.
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    GeForce GTX 960M is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: GeForce GTX 960M 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 GeForce GTX 960M here:

    GeForce GTX 960M Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 960M Radeon HD 4850
    Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 110 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 512 MB
    Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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    • Radeon HD 4850 has 46% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 960M.
    • GeForce GTX 960M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 4850 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
    • Radeon HD 4850 has 508 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 960M.
    • GeForce GTX 960M is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 4850 - in Desktops.
    • GeForce GTX 960M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 4850 - with Terascale 1.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 960M is 471 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4850.
    • GeForce GTX 960M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 4850 - by 55 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 960M is 1507 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4850.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 18−20 1−2
    ultra / 1080p 10−11 0−1
    QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
    4K / 2160p 4−5 −
    low / 720p 35−40 12−14
    medium / 1080p 21−24 3−4
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 960M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 333% more, than Radeon HD 4850.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 960M Radeon HD 4850
    Architecture Maxwell Terascale 1
    Code name N16P-GX RV770
    Type Laptop Desktop
    Release date 12 March 2015 25 June 2008
    Pipelines 640 800
    Core clock speed 1096 MHz 625 MHz
    Boost Clock 1202 MHz
    Transistor count 1,870 million 956 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
    Texture fill rate 47.04 25.00
    Floating-point performance 1,505 gflops 1,000.0 gflops
    Length 246 mm
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 993 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 80 GB/s 63.55 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX 12 (11_0) 10.1 (10_1)
    Shader Model 5.1 4.1
    OpenGL 4.5 3.3
    OpenCL 1.2 1.1
    Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
    CUDA +
    CUDA cores 640
    Bus support PCI Express 3.0
    SLI options +
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 175 Mh/s
    Laptop size medium sized
    DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support +
    H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
    Optimus +
    GameStream +
    GeForce ShadowPlay +
    GPU Boost 2.0
    GameWorks +
    BatteryBoost +
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