ATI Radeon HD 4850 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE

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Combined performance score

GTX 560 SE
4.94
+86.4%

GeForce GTX 560 SE outperforms Radeon HD 4850 by 86% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking594772
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.120.16
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Terascale 1 (2008−2010)
GPU code nameGF114RV770
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date20 February 2012 (12 years old)25 June 2008 (15 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$89.99 $199
Current price$703 (7.8x MSRP)$138 (0.7x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

ATI HD 4850 has 33% better value for money than GTX 560 SE.

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 cores288800
Core clock speed736 MHz625 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million956 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt110 Watt
Texture fill rate35.3325.00
Floating-point performance847.9 gflops1,000.0 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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length210 mm246 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin1x 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 amount1 GB512 MB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed3828 MHz993 MHz
Memory bandwidth91.87 GB/s63.55 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI+no data

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.1no 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.

GTX 560 SE 4.94
+86.4%
ATI HD 4850 2.65

GeForce GTX 560 SE outperforms Radeon HD 4850 by 86% in our combined 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%

GTX 560 SE 1914
+86.5%
ATI HD 4850 1026

GeForce GTX 560 SE outperforms Radeon HD 4850 by 87% in Passmark.

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:

900p50−55
+78.6%
28
−78.6%
Full HD70−75
+75%
40
−75%
1200p35−40
+84.2%
19
−84.2%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 4.94 2.65
Recency 20 February 2012 25 June 2008
Cost $89.99 $199
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 110 Watt

The GeForce GTX 560 SE is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 4850 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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