ATI Radeon HD 4850 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB

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Combined performance score

GTX 460 768MB
4.38
+65.3%

GeForce GTX 460 768MB outperforms Radeon HD 4850 by 65% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking626772
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for moneyno data0.16
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Terascale 1 (2008−2010)
GPU code nameno dataRV770
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release dateno data25 June 2008 (15 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$199
Current price$149 $138 (0.7x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores336800
Core clock speed675 MHz625 MHz
Number of transistorsno data956 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data110 Watt
Texture fill rateno data25.00
Floating-point performanceno data1,000.0 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data246 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amountno data512 MB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1800 MHz993 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data63.55 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno data2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX1110.1 (10_1)
Shader Modelno data4.1
OpenGLno data3.3
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkanno dataN/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 460 768MB 4.38
+65.3%
ATI HD 4850 2.65

GeForce GTX 460 768MB outperforms Radeon HD 4850 by 65% in our combined benchmark results.


3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 460 768MB 12262
+36.7%
ATI HD 4850 8972

GeForce GTX 460 768MB outperforms Radeon HD 4850 by 37% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 460 768MB 17589
+56%
ATI HD 4850 11272

GeForce GTX 460 768MB outperforms Radeon HD 4850 by 56% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

GTX 460 768MB 133103
+82.6%
ATI HD 4850 72891

GeForce GTX 460 768MB outperforms Radeon HD 4850 by 83% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p45−50
+60.7%
28
−60.7%
Full HD47
+17.5%
40
−17.5%
1200p30−35
+57.9%
19
−57.9%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Battlefield 5 12−14
+140%
5−6
−140%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+25%
12−14
−25%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Far Cry 5 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Far Cry New Dawn 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+133%
6−7
−133%
Hitman 3 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+33.3%
9−10
−33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Battlefield 5 12−14
+140%
5−6
−140%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+25%
12−14
−25%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Far Cry 5 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Far Cry New Dawn 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+133%
6−7
−133%
Hitman 3 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Metro Exodus 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+33.3%
9−10
−33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Battlefield 5 12−14
+140%
5−6
−140%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Far Cry 5 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Far Cry New Dawn 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+133%
6−7
−133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Hitman 3 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
+10%
10−11
−10%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Hitman 3 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1−2 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%

This is how GTX 460 768MB and ATI HD 4850 compete in popular games:

900p resolution:

  • GTX 460 768MB is 60.7% faster than ATI HD 4850

1080p resolution:

  • GTX 460 768MB is 17.5% faster than ATI HD 4850

1200p resolution:

  • GTX 460 768MB is 57.9% faster than ATI HD 4850

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 460 768MB is 400% faster than the ATI HD 4850.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 460 768MB is ahead in 52 tests (98%)
  • there's a draw in 1 test (2%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 4.38 2.65

The GeForce GTX 460 768MB is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 4850 in performance tests.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB
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