AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP vs ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP 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, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP

ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 74% higher core clock speed: 1090 MHz vs 625 MHz
Around 23% better floating-point performance: 2,458 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
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 250 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 2x 512 MB
3.5x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1990 MHz

Launch date	17 January 2017 vs 7 November 2008
Core clock speed	1090 MHz vs 625 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,458 gflops vs 2x 1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1990 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

2.9x more texture fill rate: 2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 76.8 GTexel / s
Around 56% higher pipelines: 2x 800 vs 1024

Texture fill rate	2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 76.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 800 vs 1024

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Name	AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP	ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
Geekbench - OpenCL	65257
PassMark - G3D Mark		1132
PassMark - G2D Mark		542

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP	ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	TeraScale
Code name	Baffin	R700
Launch date	17 January 2017	7 November 2008
Place in performance rating	319	245
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$420
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	1090 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,458 gflops	2x 1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1024	2x 800
Texture fill rate	76.8 GTexel / s	2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	4x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	170 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	2 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB / s	2x 63.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1990 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3