AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT vs ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 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, Technologies. 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 625 MHz
721.8x more texture fill rate: 162.4 GTexel/s vs 2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 55 nm
Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 250 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1990 MHz
8.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9164 vs 1132
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 784 vs 542

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Dec 2019 vs 7 November 2008
Core clock speed	1607 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	162.4 GTexel/s vs 2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 1990 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9164 vs 1132
PassMark - G2D Mark	784 vs 542

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Around 14% higher pipelines: 2x 800 vs 1408

Pipelines	2x 800 vs 1408

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9164

1132

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

784

542

Name	AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT	ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	9164	1132
PassMark - G2D Mark	784	542
Geekbench - OpenCL	44858
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	128.135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2024.814
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	13.328
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	125.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	742.778
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11075
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3367
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11075
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3367
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4892

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT	ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Navi 14	R700
Launch date	12 Dec 2019	7 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$169	$420
Place in performance rating	288	244
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1845 MHz
Compute units	22
Core clock speed	1607 MHz	625 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	55 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	324.7 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	10.39 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.196 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1408	2x 800
Pixel fill rate	59.04 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	162.4 GTexel/s	2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	6400 million	956 million
Floating-point performance		2x 1,000.0 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	4x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	7.09 inches (180 mm)	267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width	Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12.1	10.1
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	2x 63.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	1990 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR3
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support