GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs Radeon HD 4850

Place in performance ranking	773	651
Place by popularity	not in top-100	55
Value for money	0.16	0.28
Architecture	Terascale 1 (2008−2010)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	RV770	GF116
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	25 June 2008 (15 years ago)	15 March 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$149
Current price	$138 (0.7x MSRP)	$197 (1.3x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 550 Ti has 75% better value for money than ATI HD 4850.

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 cores	800	192
CUDA cores	no data	192
Core clock speed	625 MHz	900 MHz
Number of transistors	956 million	1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	116 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	no data	100 °C
Texture fill rate	25.00	28.8 billion/sec
Floating-point performance	1,000.0 gflops	691.2 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).

Bus support	no data	16x PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	246 mm	8.25" (21 cm)
Height	no data	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	One 6-pin
SLI options	no data	+

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 type	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	993 MHz	4.1 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	63.55 GB/s	98.4 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 Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	Two Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMI
Multi monitor support	no data	+
HDMI	no data	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	no data	Internal

API support

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

DirectX	10.1 (10_1)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.1	5.1
OpenGL	3.3	4.2
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	no data	+

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.

ATI HD 4850 2.65

GTX 550 Ti 3.99
+50.6%

GeForce GTX 550 Ti outperforms Radeon HD 4850 by 51% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

ATI HD 4850 1026

GTX 550 Ti 1546
+50.7%

GeForce GTX 550 Ti outperforms Radeon HD 4850 by 51% in Passmark.

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%

ATI HD 4850 8972

GTX 550 Ti 10229
+14%

GeForce GTX 550 Ti outperforms Radeon HD 4850 by 14% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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:

900p	28 −35.7%	38 +35.7%
Full HD	40 +8.1%	37 −8.1%
1200p	19 −42.1%	27−30 +42.1%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6

−40%

7−8
+40%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Battlefield 5	5−6 −120%	10−12 +120%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 −16.7%	14−16 +16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −100%	12−14 +100%
Hitman 3	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −75%	7−8 +75%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −22.2%	10−12 +22.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Battlefield 5	5−6 −120%	10−12 +120%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 −16.7%	14−16 +16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −100%	12−14 +100%
Hitman 3	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −75%	7−8 +75%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −22.2%	10−12 +22.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −50%	9−10 +50%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Battlefield 5	5−6 −120%	10−12 +120%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −100%	12−14 +100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −50%	9−10 +50%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Hitman 3	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	2−3
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Hitman 3	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%

4K
Ultra Preset

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

This is how ATI HD 4850 and GTX 550 Ti compete in popular games:

GTX 550 Ti is 35.7% faster than ATI HD 4850 in 900p
ATI HD 4850 is 8.1% faster than GTX 550 Ti in 1080p
GTX 550 Ti is 42.1% faster than ATI HD 4850 in 1200p

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

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 550 Ti is 300% faster than the ATI HD 4850.

All in all, in popular games:

GTX 550 Ti is ahead in 51 test (96%)
there's a draw in 2 tests (4%)

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	2.65	3.99
Recency	25 June 2008	15 March 2011
Cost	$199	$149
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	2 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	116 Watt