AMD Radeon R9 370X vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 370X 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: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 370X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 96% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • 4.1x more texture fill rate: 82.4 GTexel / s vs 20 GTexel / s
  • Around 60% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 800
  • 3.3x better floating-point performance: 2,637 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • 3.3x more memory clock speed: 5600 MHz vs 1700 MHz
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3348 vs 2486
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3348 vs 2486
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 August 2015 vs 9 January 2009
Core clock speed 980 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate 82.4 GTexel / s vs 20 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1280 vs 800
Floating-point performance 2,637 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 5600 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3348 vs 2486
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3348 vs 2486

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 370X
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3348
2486
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3348
2486
Name AMD Radeon R9 370X ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850
Geekbench - OpenCL 25659
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 65.071
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1139.703
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.39
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 88.44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 337.583
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8393
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3348 2486
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8393
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3348 2486
PassMark - G3D Mark 866
PassMark - G2D Mark 472

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 370X ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 TeraScale
Code name Trinidad M98
Launch date 27 August 2015 9 January 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Place in performance rating 552 549
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1030 MHz
Core clock speed 980 MHz 500 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,637 gflops 800.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 1280 800
Texture fill rate 82.4 GTexel / s 20 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 Watt
Transistor count 2,800 million 956 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 221 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 10.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 179.2 GB / s 54.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5600 MHz 1700 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

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