Radeon HD 4850 X2 vs Radeon R7 M275DX

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 4850 X2 and Radeon R7 M275DX, 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 Radeon HD 4850 X2 stacks up against Radeon R7 M275DX, check out specs charts below.

Radeon R7 M275DX is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R7 M275DX 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 Radeon R7 M275DX here:

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 4850 X2 Radeon R7 M275DX
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR3 DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Display Connectors 4x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • Radeon HD 4850 X2 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R7 M275DX - in Laptops.
  • Radeon HD 4850 X2 is build with TeraScale architecture, and Radeon R7 M275DX - with GCN.
  • Radeon HD 4850 X2 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 M275DX - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 9−10
ultra / 1080p 2−3 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 21−24
medium / 1080p 5−6 10−12
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 M275DX in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Radeon HD 4850 X2.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 4850 X2 Radeon R7 M275DX
Architecture TeraScale GCN
Code name R700
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 7 November 2008 4 June 2014
Pipelines 800 896
Core clock speed 625 MHz
Transistor count 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 25.00
Floating-point performance 2x 1,000.0 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1990 MHz
Memory bandwidth 63.68 GB/s
Shared memory +
DirectX 10.1 (10_1) DirectX 12, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 4.1
OpenGL 3.3
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
Laptop size medium sized
Eyefinity +
AppAcceleration +
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