AMD Radeon Pro W6900X vs ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W6900X 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon Pro W6900X

ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6900X

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.9x more core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 625 MHz
3057.8x more texture fill rate: 688.0 GTexel/s vs 2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec
3.2x more pipelines: 5120 vs 2x 800
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 55 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective vs 1990 MHz

Launch date	3 Aug 2021 vs 7 November 2008
Core clock speed	1825 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	688.0 GTexel/s vs 2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec
Pipelines	5120 vs 2x 800
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective vs 1990 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 300 W

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt vs 300 W

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W6900X
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W6900X	ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
Geekbench - OpenCL	141178
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3739
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3739
PassMark - G3D Mark		1132
PassMark - G2D Mark		542

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W6900X	ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	Navi 21	R700
Launch date	3 Aug 2021	7 November 2008
Place in performance rating	243	244
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$420
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2150 MHz
Compute units	80
Core clock speed	1825 MHz	625 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	55 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1,376 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	44.03 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	22.02 TFLOPS
Pipelines	5120	2x 800
Pixel fill rate	275.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	688.0 GTexel/s	2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 W	250 Watt
Transistor count	26800 million	956 million
Floating-point performance		2x 1,000.0 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.14x Thunderbolt	4x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Quad-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm 10.5 inches	267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 W
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width	120 mm 4.7 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	10.1
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB/s	2x 63.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective	1990 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR3