AMD Radeon HD 8970M vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8970M and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8970M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
- Around 70% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 500 MHz
- 3.6x more texture fill rate: 72 GTexel / s vs 20 GTexel / s
- Around 60% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 800
- 2.9x better floating-point performance: 2,304 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
- 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
- 2.8x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1700 MHz
- 4.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3876 vs 866
- Around 71% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 807 vs 472
- Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2595 vs 2486
- Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2595 vs 2486
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 14 May 2013 vs 9 January 2009 |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz vs 500 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 72 GTexel / s vs 20 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 1280 vs 800 |
| Floating-point performance | 2,304 gflops vs 800.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 55 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 1 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 4800 MHz vs 1700 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3876 vs 866 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 807 vs 472 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2595 vs 2486 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2595 vs 2486 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8970M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850
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| Name | AMD Radeon HD 8970M | ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3876 | 866 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 807 | 472 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 18661 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 57.241 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1223.742 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 5.78 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 89.306 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 268.643 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 2521 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3688 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2595 | 2486 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 2521 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3688 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2595 | 2486 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon HD 8970M | ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | TeraScale |
| Code name | Neptune | M98 |
| Design | AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series | |
| Launch date | 14 May 2013 | 9 January 2009 |
| Place in performance rating | 546 | 549 |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 850 MHz | |
| Compute units | 20 | |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 2,304 gflops | 800.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 55 nm |
| Pipelines | 1280 | 800 |
| Texture fill rate | 72 GTexel / s | 20 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 100 Watt | |
| Transistor count | 2,800 million | 956 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | large | large |
API support |
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| DirectX | 11 | 10.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | 54.4 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 4800 MHz | 1700 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
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| AMD Eyefinity | ||
| PowerTune | ||
| ZeroCore | ||
| 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 | ||
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