AMD Radeon HD 6850 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6850 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon HD 6850

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
10.3x more texture fill rate: 37.2 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
12x more pipelines: 960 vs 80
20.7x better floating-point performance: 1,488.0 gflops vs 72 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
14.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1953 vs 135
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 434 vs 377
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3348 vs 1654
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3348 vs 1654

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 October 2010 vs 9 January 2009
Texture fill rate	37.2 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	960 vs 80
Floating-point performance	1,488.0 gflops vs 72 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1953 vs 135
PassMark - G2D Mark	434 vs 377
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348 vs 1654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348 vs 1654

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6850
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1953

135

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

434

377

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3348

1654

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3348

1654

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6850	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330
PassMark - G3D Mark	1953	135
PassMark - G2D Mark	434	377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	13.033
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	946.933
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	32.609
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	139.45
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3489
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348	1654
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3489
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348	1654
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6850	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale
Code name	Barts	M92
Design	AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch date	21 October 2010	9 January 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$179
Place in performance rating	826	828
Price now	$99.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	28.63
Technical info
Floating-point performance	1,488.0 gflops	72 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	960	80
Texture fill rate	37.2 GTexel / s	3.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	127 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	242 million
Core clock speed		450 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	AGP
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3
Memory clock speed		1200 MHz
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI
1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer)
DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600
HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio)
PCI-E 2.0 x16
Powerplay