AMD Radeon RX 580 vs ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580
- Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 5 month(s) later
- 2x more core clock speed: 1257 MHz vs 625 MHz
- 857.6x more texture fill rate: 192.96 GTexel/s vs 2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec
- Around 44% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 2x 800
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
- Around 35% lower typical power consumption: 185 Watt vs 250 Watt
- 8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
- 4x more memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 1990 MHz
- 7.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8879 vs 1132
- Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 771 vs 542
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 18 April 2017 vs 7 November 2008 |
| Core clock speed | 1257 MHz vs 625 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 192.96 GTexel/s vs 2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec |
| Pipelines | 2304 vs 2x 800 |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 55 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 185 Watt vs 250 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB vs 2x 512 MB |
| Memory clock speed | 8000 MHz vs 1990 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 8879 vs 1132 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 771 vs 542 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
- 322.6x better floating-point performance: 2x 1,000.0 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
| Floating-point performance | 2x 1,000.0 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 580
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
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| Name | AMD Radeon RX 580 | ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 8879 | 1132 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 771 | 542 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 42211 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 116.142 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1022.932 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 9.235 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 84.034 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 607.721 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 11281 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3695 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3349 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 11281 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3695 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3349 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 4359 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon RX 580 | ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | TeraScale |
| Code name | Polaris 20 | R700 |
| Design | Radeon RX 500 Series | |
| GCN generation | 4th Gen | |
| Launch date | 18 April 2017 | 7 November 2008 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $229 | $420 |
| Place in performance rating | 331 | 244 |
| Price now | $169.99 | |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 76.21 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1340 MHz | |
| Compute units | 36 | |
| Core clock speed | 1257 MHz | 625 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 6.2 TFLOPs | 2x 1,000.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 55 nm |
| Pipelines | 2304 | 2x 800 |
| Pixel fill rate | 42.88 GP/s | |
| Render output units | 32 | |
| Stream Processors | 2304 | |
| Texture fill rate | 192.96 GTexel/s | 2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec |
| Texture Units | 144 | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 185 Watt | 250 Watt |
| Transistor count | 5,700 million | 956 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 4x DVI, 1x S-Video |
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| Dual-link DVI support | ||
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| VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bridgeless CrossFire | ||
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 241 mm | 267 mm |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 500 Watt | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 | 10.1 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 3.3 |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 2x 512 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 2x 63.7 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 2x 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 8000 MHz | 1990 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
Technologies |
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| 4K H264 Decode | ||
| 4K H264 Encode | ||
| AMD Eyefinity | ||
| AMD Radeon™ Chill | ||
| AMD Radeon™ ReLive | ||
| AppAcceleration | ||
| CrossFire | ||
| FreeSync | ||
| H265/HEVC Decode | ||
| H265/HEVC Encode | ||
| HDMI 4K Support | ||
| LiquidVR | ||
| PowerTune | ||
| TrueAudio | ||
| Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | ||
| Video Code Engine (VCE) | ||
| Virtual Super Resolution (VSR) | ||
| VR Ready | ||
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