Mobility Radeon HD 4850 vs Radeon R9 270
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 4850 and Radeon R9 270, 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 R9 270, 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 R9 270
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
2 GB
Display Connectors
No outputs
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R9 270 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
Radeon R9 270 has 1 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is used in Laptops, and Radeon R9 270 - in Desktops.
Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is build with Terascale 1 architecture, and Radeon R9 270 - with GCN 1.0.
Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 270 - by 28 nm process technology.
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
21−24
ultra / 1080p
1−2
12−14
QHD / 1440p
0−1
7−8
4K / 2160p
−
5−6
low / 720p
14−16
40−45
medium / 1080p
5−6
27−30
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 333% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
high / 1080p
8−9
30−35
ultra / 1080p
6−7
30−33
QHD / 1440p
0−1
14−16
4K / 2160p
−
8−9
low / 720p
18−20
70−75
medium / 1080p
8−9
35−40
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270 in Battlefield 5 is 330% 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 R9 270 have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone.
low / 768p
130−140
230−240
medium / 768p
100−110
200−210
ultra / 1080p
45−50
120−130
QHD / 1440p
24−27
95−100
4K / 2160p
18−20
55−60
high / 768p
75−80
170−180
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 119% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
low / 768p
65−70
60−65
ultra / 1080p
21−24
50−55
medium / 1080p
45−50
55−60
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270 in Cyberpunk 2077 is 26% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
low / 768p
75−80
120−130
medium / 768p
50−55
110−120
ultra / 1080p
24−27
80−85
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270 in Dota 2 is 109% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
high / 1080p
4−5
27−30
ultra / 1080p
4−5
24−27
QHD / 1440p
−
20−22
4K / 2160p
2−3
8−9
low / 720p
14−16
55−60
medium / 1080p
5−6
27−30
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270 in Far Cry 5 is 383% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
high / 1080p
12−14
35−40
ultra / 1080p
7−8
27−30
QHD / 1440p
4−5
16−18
low / 720p
55−60
130−140
medium / 1080p
14−16
75−80
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270 in Fortnite is 210% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
high / 1080p
7−8
35−40
ultra / 1080p
−
27−30
QHD / 1440p
4−5
14−16
4K / 2160p
3−4
14−16
low / 720p
21−24
70−75
medium / 1080p
10−11
40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270 in Forza Horizon 4 is 300% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
low / 768p
50−55
100−110
medium / 768p
−
95−100
high / 1080p
7−8
40−45
ultra / 1080p
3−4
18−20
QHD / 1440p
0−1
8−9
medium / 720p
40−45
−
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270 in Grand Theft Auto V is 161% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
high / 1080p
2−3
14−16
ultra / 1080p
1−2
10−12
QHD / 1440p
−
10−12
4K / 2160p
0−1
3−4
low / 720p
7−8
40−45
medium / 1080p
4−5
18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270 in Metro Exodus is 425% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
low / 768p
90−95
120−130
high / 1080p
85−90
−
ultra / 1080p
85−90
−
4K / 2160p
75−80
−
medium / 1080p
−
110−120
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270 in Minecraft is 35% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
ultra / 1080p
12−14
14−16
low / 720p
30−35
70−75
medium / 1080p
14−16
18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 75% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
high / 1080p
−
16−18
ultra / 1080p
7−8
10−12
QHD / 1440p
−
2−3
4K / 2160p
−
2−3
low / 720p
8−9
40−45
medium / 1080p
8−9
21−24
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270 in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 212% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
low / 768p
14−16
75−80
medium / 768p
10−11
45−50
high / 1080p
5−6
27−30
ultra / 1080p
4−5
14−16
4K / 2160p
2−3
9−10
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270 in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 400% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
low / 768p
80−85
90−95
medium / 768p
40−45
60−65
ultra / 1080p
16−18
40−45
high / 768p
30−35
55−60
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270 in World of Tanks is 46% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
Full Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 4850
Radeon R9 270
Architecture
Terascale 1
GCN 1.0
Code name
M98
Curacao
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
9 January 2009
13 November 2013
Pipelines
800
1280
Core clock speed
500 MHz
Boost Clock
925 MHz
Transistor count
956 million
2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
28 nm
Texture fill rate
20.00
74.00
Floating-point performance
800.0 gflops
2,368 gflops
Length
210 mm
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
850 MHz
Memory bandwidth
54.4 GB/s
179.2 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 3.0
HDMI
+
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)
293 Mh/s
Laptop size
large
Eyefinity
+
HD3D
+
TrueAudio
+
Design
reference
DisplayPort support
+
CrossFire
+
DDMA audio
+
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto)
16 Mh/s
LiquidVR
+
TressFX
+
UVD
+
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