NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop) vs ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop) 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: 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, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)

ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 625 MHz
Around 26% higher texture fill rate: 283.4 GTexel / s vs 2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec
Around 60% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2x 800
4.5x better floating-point performance: 9,068 gflops vs 2x 1,000.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 55 nm
Around 39% lower typical power consumption: 180 Watt vs 250 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 512 MB

Launch date	15 August 2016 vs 7 November 2008
Core clock speed	1607 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	283.4 GTexel / s vs 2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec
Pipelines	2560 vs 2x 800
Floating-point performance	9,068 gflops vs 2x 1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2x 512 MB

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

199x more memory clock speed: 1990 MHz vs 10 GB/s

Memory clock speed	1990 MHz vs 10 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)	ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
Geekbench - OpenCL	52423
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	150.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2036.763
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	14.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	27.417
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	819.934
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	20151
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	4646
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	4195
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	20151
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	4646
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	4195
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7252
PassMark - G3D Mark		1132
PassMark - G2D Mark		542

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)	ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	TeraScale
Code name	GP104	R700
Launch date	15 August 2016	7 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$499.99	$420
Place in performance rating	281	244
Price now	$439.99
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	43.70
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1771 MHz
Core clock speed	1607 MHz	625 MHz
CUDA cores	2560
Floating-point performance	9,068 gflops	2x 1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C
Pipelines	2560	2x 800
Texture fill rate	283.4 GTexel / s	2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	7,200 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI	4x DVI, 1x S-Video
G-SYNC support
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	320 GB / s	2x 63.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	10 GB/s	1990 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
SLI
Virtual Reality
VR Ready