AMD Radeon R7 A265 vs ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 A265 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.

AMD Radeon R7 A265

ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 A265

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 625 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 2x 512 MB

Launch date	9 January 2014 vs 7 November 2008
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 625 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 2x 512 MB

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

11.4x more texture fill rate: 2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 19.8 GTexel / s
4.2x more pipelines: 2x 800 vs 384
3.2x better floating-point performance: 2x 1,000.0 gflops vs 633.6 gflops
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 1990 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1132 vs 994
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 542 vs 468

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 19.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 800 vs 384
Floating-point performance	2x 1,000.0 gflops vs 633.6 gflops
Memory clock speed	1990 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1132 vs 994
PassMark - G2D Mark	542 vs 468

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 A265
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

994

1132

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

468

542

Name	AMD Radeon R7 A265	ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	994	1132
PassMark - G2D Mark	468	542
Geekbench - OpenCL	6925

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 A265	ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Opal	R700
Launch date	9 January 2014	7 November 2008
Place in performance rating	453	244
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$420
Technical info
Boost clock speed	825 MHz
Core clock speed	725 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	633.6 gflops	2x 1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	384	2x 800
Texture fill rate	19.8 GTexel / s	2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec
Transistor count	1,040 million	956 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		250 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	4x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	2x 63.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1990 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3