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    Mobility Radeon HD 4850 vs Radeon Sky 500

    In this comparison between Mobility Radeon HD 4850 and Radeon Sky 500 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 Sky 500 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.
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    Radeon Sky 500

    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:

    Mobility Radeon HD 4850 Laptops

    Main Specs

      Mobility Radeon HD 4850 Radeon Sky 500
    Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
    Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs 1x DisplayPort
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    • Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon Sky 500 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • Radeon Sky 500 has 3 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
    • Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is used in Laptops, and Radeon Sky 500 - in Desktops.
    • Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is build with Terascale 1 architecture, and Radeon Sky 500 - with GCN 1.0.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon Sky 500 is 450 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.
    • Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon Sky 500 - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon Sky 500 is 3950 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.

    Game benchmarks

    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 Sky 500 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 583% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4850.

    Full Specs

      Mobility Radeon HD 4850 Radeon Sky 500
    Architecture Terascale 1 GCN 1.0
    Code name M98 Pitcairn
    Type Laptop Desktop
    Release date 9 January 2009 27 March 2013
    Pipelines 800 1280
    Core clock speed 500 MHz 950 MHz
    Transistor count 956 million 2,800 million
    Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 20.00 76.00
    Floating-point performance 800.0 gflops 2,432 gflops
    Length 242 mm
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 850 MHz 4800 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 54.4 GB/s 154 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX 10.1 (10_1) 12 (11_1)
    Shader Model 4.1 5.1
    OpenGL 3.3 4.6
    OpenCL 1.1 1.2
    Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
    Bus support PCIe 3.0
    Laptop size large
    Form factor full height / full length
    DisplayPort count 1
    Dual-link DVI support +
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