AMD Radeon RX Vega vs ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega and ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Video outputs and ports, API support. 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 60% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 625 MHz
  • Around 37% higher texture fill rate: 307.2 GTexel / s vs 2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec
  • 2.6x more pipelines: 4096 vs 2x 800
  • 4.9x better floating-point performance: 9,830 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
  • Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
  • Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1990 MHz
  • 10.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12297 vs 1132
  • Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 882 vs 542
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 April 2017 vs 7 November 2008
Core clock speed 1000 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate 307.2 GTexel / s vs 2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec
Pipelines 4096 vs 2x 800
Floating-point performance 9,830 gflops vs 2x 1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz vs 1990 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 12297 vs 1132
PassMark - G2D Mark 882 vs 542

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
12297
1132
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
882
542
Name AMD Radeon RX Vega ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark 12297 1132
PassMark - G2D Mark 882 542
Geekbench - OpenCL 67957
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 205.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3986.188
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 17.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 215.468
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1291.445
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8455

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX Vega ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.3 TeraScale
Code name Greenland R700
Launch date 1 April 2017 7 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $599.99 $420
Place in performance rating 253 251
Price now $409.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 38.94

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1200 MHz
Core clock speed 1000 MHz 625 MHz
Floating-point performance 9,830 gflops 2x 1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 4096 2x 800
Texture fill rate 307.2 GTexel / s 2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 956 million

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 267 mm 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 512 GB / s 2x 63.7 GB / s
Memory bus width 2048 Bit 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 1990 MHz
Memory type HBM2 GDDR3

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DVI, 1x S-Video

API support

DirectX 10.1
OpenGL 3.3