HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2) vs Radeon HD 4850
Summary
Reasons to consider HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2) |
| 95 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 4850 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 4850 |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon HD 4850
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2) | | Radeon HD 4850 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Skylake GT2 () | vs | RV770 (RV770 PRO) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 55 nm |
| Die Size | 49 mm² | vs | 256 mm² |
| Transistors | 189 million | vs | 956 million |
| Shaders | 192 | vs | 800 |
| Compute Units | 0 | vs | 10 |
| Core clock | 300 MHz | vs | 625 MHz |
| ROPs | 3 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 24 | vs | 40 |
Memory Configuration
| HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2) | | Radeon HD 4850 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | System Shared | vs | GDDR3 |
| Bus Width | System Shared | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | System Shared | vs | 993 MHz
1986 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 0 Mb | vs | 512 Mb |
Additional details
| HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2) | | Radeon HD 4850 | |
|---|
| TDP | 15 watts | vs | 110 watts |
| Release Date | 1 Sep 2015 | vs | 25 Jun 2008 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better