Mobility Radeon HD 4850 vs Radeon HD 7970
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 4850 and Radeon HD 7970, 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 7970, check out specs charts below.
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 7970
Power consumption (TDP)
300 Watt
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
3 GB
Display Connectors
No outputs
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7970 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
Radeon HD 7970 has 2 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 7970 - in Desktops.
Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is build with Terascale 1 architecture, and Radeon HD 7970 - with GCN.
Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7970 - by 28 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7970 is 525 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
Game benchmarks
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Battlefield 5
Call of Duty: Warzone
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Cyberpunk 2077
Dota 2
Far Cry 5
Fortnite
Forza Horizon 4
Grand Theft Auto V
Metro Exodus
Minecraft
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
Red Dead Redemption 2
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
World of Tanks
high / 1080p
3−4
35−40
ultra / 1080p
1−2
21−24
QHD / 1440p
0−1
16−18
4K / 2160p
−
10−11
low / 720p
14−16
60−65
medium / 1080p
5−6
40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 583% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
high / 1080p
8−9
55−60
ultra / 1080p
6−7
45−50
QHD / 1440p
0−1
35−40
4K / 2160p
−
18−20
low / 720p
18−20
100−110
medium / 1080p
8−9
60−65
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in Battlefield 5 is 580% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
low / 768p
50−55
50−55
high / 1080p
40−45
−
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
Mobility Radeon HD 4850 and Radeon HD 7970 have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone.
low / 768p
130−140
250−260
medium / 768p
100−110
220−230
ultra / 1080p
45−50
180−190
QHD / 1440p
24−27
110−120
4K / 2160p
18−20
70−75
high / 768p
75−80
210−220
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 160% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
low / 768p
65−70
60−65
ultra / 1080p
21−24
−
medium / 1080p
45−50
55−60
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in Cyberpunk 2077 is 5% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
low / 768p
75−80
120−130
medium / 768p
50−55
110−120
ultra / 1080p
24−27
100−110
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in Dota 2 is 125% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
high / 1080p
4−5
45−50
ultra / 1080p
4−5
40−45
QHD / 1440p
−
27−30
4K / 2160p
2−3
14−16
low / 720p
14−16
80−85
medium / 1080p
5−6
45−50
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in Far Cry 5 is 683% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
high / 1080p
12−14
60−65
ultra / 1080p
7−8
45−50
QHD / 1440p
4−5
27−30
4K / 2160p
−
27−30
low / 720p
55−60
180−190
medium / 1080p
14−16
110−120
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in Fortnite is 357% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
high / 1080p
7−8
60−65
ultra / 1080p
−
45−50
QHD / 1440p
4−5
30−35
4K / 2160p
3−4
24−27
low / 720p
21−24
100−110
medium / 1080p
10−11
65−70
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in Forza Horizon 4 is 544% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
low / 768p
50−55
140−150
medium / 768p
−
120−130
high / 1080p
7−8
70−75
ultra / 1080p
3−4
30−35
QHD / 1440p
0−1
21−24
medium / 720p
40−45
−
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in Grand Theft Auto V is 295% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
high / 1080p
2−3
24−27
ultra / 1080p
1−2
20−22
QHD / 1440p
−
16−18
4K / 2160p
0−1
8−9
low / 720p
7−8
65−70
medium / 1080p
4−5
30−35
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in Metro Exodus is 800% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
low / 768p
90−95
130−140
high / 1080p
85−90
−
ultra / 1080p
85−90
−
4K / 2160p
75−80
−
medium / 1080p
−
120−130
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in Minecraft is 46% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
ultra / 1080p
12−14
14−16
low / 720p
30−35
100−110
medium / 1080p
14−16
18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 130% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
high / 1080p
−
24−27
ultra / 1080p
7−8
16−18
QHD / 1440p
−
10−11
4K / 2160p
−
7−8
low / 720p
8−9
65−70
medium / 1080p
8−9
35−40
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 400% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
low / 768p
14−16
130−140
medium / 768p
10−11
85−90
high / 1080p
5−6
45−50
ultra / 1080p
4−5
24−27
4K / 2160p
2−3
16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 785% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
low / 768p
80−85
90−95
medium / 768p
40−45
60−65
ultra / 1080p
16−18
50−55
high / 768p
30−35
60−65
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in World of Tanks is 55% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
Full Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 4850
Radeon HD 7970
Architecture
Terascale 1
GCN
Code name
M98
Tahiti XT
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
9 January 2009
22 December 2011
Pipelines
800
2048
Core clock speed
500 MHz
Boost Clock
925 MHz
Transistor count
956 million
4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
28 nm
Texture fill rate
20.00
118.4
Floating-point performance
800.0 gflops
3,789 gflops
Length
274 mm
Memory bus width
256 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
850 MHz
1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth
54.4 GB/s
264 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
DirectX
10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model
4.1
5.1
OpenGL
3.3
4.6
OpenCL
1.1
1.2
Vulkan
N/A
FreeSync
+
Bus support
PCIe 2.1 x16
HDMI
+
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)
485 Mh/s
Laptop size
large
Eyefinity
+
Design
reference
CrossFire
+
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto)
20.71 Mh/s
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