AMD Radeon Pro 580 vs ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 580 and ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 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 - 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).

AMD Radeon Pro 580

ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 580

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 76% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 625 MHz
Around 44% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 2x 800
3.1x better floating-point performance: 6,175 gflops vs 2x 1,000.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 250 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
3.4x more memory clock speed: 6780 MHz vs 1990 MHz
6.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7753 vs 1132
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 943 vs 542

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 June 2017 vs 7 November 2008
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 625 MHz
Pipelines	2304 vs 2x 800
Floating-point performance	6,175 gflops vs 2x 1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6780 MHz vs 1990 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	7753 vs 1132
PassMark - G2D Mark	943 vs 542

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Around 17% higher texture fill rate: 2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 193.0 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 193.0 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 580
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7753

1132

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

943

542

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 580	ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	7753	1132
PassMark - G2D Mark	943	542
Geekbench - OpenCL	40069
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	109.521
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1206.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	9.88
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	117.944
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	511.984
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10113
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2900
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10113
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2900
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 580	ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	TeraScale
Code name	Polaris 20	R700
Launch date	5 June 2017	7 November 2008
Place in performance rating	311	244
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$420
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	6,175 gflops	2x 1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2304	2x 800
Texture fill rate	193.0 GTexel / s	2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	4x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	241 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB / s	2x 63.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6780 MHz	1990 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3