AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs ATI Radeon HD 4850

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and ATI 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

ATI Radeon HD 4850

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 6 month(s) later
3.7x more core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 625 MHz
7208x more texture fill rate: 180.2 GTexel/s vs 25 GTexel / s
Around 28% higher pipelines: 1024 vs 800
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 55 nm
Around 3% lower typical power consumption: 107 Watt vs 110 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1986 MHz
10.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 812 vs 75
10.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9583 vs 941

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 Jan 2022 vs 25 June 2008
Core clock speed	2310 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	180.2 GTexel/s vs 25 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 800
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	107 Watt vs 110 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1986 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	812 vs 75
PassMark - G3D Mark	9583 vs 941

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4850

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

812

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9583

941

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT	ATI Radeon HD 4850
PassMark - G2D Mark	812	75
PassMark - G3D Mark	9583	941
Geekbench - OpenCL	48727
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	235
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3344
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3344

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT	ATI Radeon HD 4850
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	Navi 24	RV770
Launch date	19 Jan 2022	25 June 2008
Place in performance rating	216	1288
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2815 MHz
Compute units	16
Core clock speed	2310 MHz	625 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	55 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	360.3 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	11.53 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.765 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1024	800
Pixel fill rate	90.08 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	180.2 GTexel/s	25 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	107 Watt	110 Watt
Transistor count	5400 million	956 million
Floating-point performance		1,000.0 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 2.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
Length		246 mm
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	10.1
OpenCL	2.2
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	143.9 GB/s	63.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1986 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR3