AMD Radeon RX 560 XT vs ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon RX 560 XT

ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 56% higher core clock speed: 973 MHz vs 625 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 250 Watt
3.3x more memory clock speed: 6600 MHz vs 1990 MHz

Launch date	13 March 2019 vs 7 November 2008
Core clock speed	973 MHz vs 625 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz vs 1990 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560 XT
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560 XT	ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
Geekbench - OpenCL	32333
PassMark - G3D Mark		1132
PassMark - G2D Mark		542

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560 XT	ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	TeraScale
Code name	Ellesmere	R700
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	13 March 2019	7 November 2008
Place in performance rating	720	244
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$420
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1073 MHz
Core clock speed	973 MHz	625 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	956 million
Floating-point performance		2x 1,000.0 gflops
Pipelines		2x 800
Texture fill rate		2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	4x DVI, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort count	3
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	241 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz	1990 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth		2x 63.7 GB / s
Memory bus width		2x 256 Bit
Memory type		GDDR3