AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 vs ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 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 Vega 56

ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 82% higher core clock speed: 1138 MHz vs 625 MHz
Around 34% higher texture fill rate: 302.4 GTexel / s vs 2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec
2.2x more pipelines: 3584 vs 2x 800
4.8x better floating-point performance: 9,677 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 19% lower typical power consumption: 210 Watt vs 250 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
10.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12354 vs 1132
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 828 vs 542

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 August 2017 vs 7 November 2008
Core clock speed	1138 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	302.4 GTexel / s vs 2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec
Pipelines	3584 vs 2x 800
Floating-point performance	9,677 gflops vs 2x 1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	210 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	12354 vs 1132
PassMark - G2D Mark	828 vs 542

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Around 27% higher memory clock speed: 1990 MHz vs 1572 MHz

Memory clock speed	1990 MHz vs 1572 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

12354

1132

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

828

542

Name	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56	ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	12354	1132
PassMark - G2D Mark	828	542
Geekbench - OpenCL	61544
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	153.117
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1722.138
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	11.901
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	126.528
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1172.788
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12822
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12822
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56	ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	TeraScale
Code name	Vega 10	R700
Launch date	14 August 2017	7 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	$420
Place in performance rating	249	250
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1250 MHz
Core clock speed	1138 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	9,677 gflops	2x 1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	3584	2x 800
Texture fill rate	302.4 GTexel / s	2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	210 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	12,500 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	4x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	402.4 GB / s	2x 63.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1572 MHz	1990 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR3