ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2: specs and benchmarks

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ATI HD 4850 X2
ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
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  • Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
  • Core clock speed 625 MHz
  • Max video memory 512 MB
  • Memory type GDDR3
  • Memory clock speed 1990 MHz
  • Maximum resolution
Year of release 2008
Performance 2.88

Summary

ATI started Radeon HD 4850 X2 sales 7 November 2008 at a recommended price of $420. This is a TeraScale architecture desktop card based on 55 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use. 512 MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 1.99 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 63.68 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 267 mm. One 6-pin and one 8-pin connectors are required, and power consumption is at 250 Watt.

It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at

2.88%

of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.

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General info

Some basic facts about Radeon HD 4850 X2: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking691
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameR700
Market segmentDesktop
Release date7 November 2008 (14 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$420

Technical specs

Radeon HD 4850 X2's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon HD 4850 X2's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores800of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Core clock speed625 MHzof 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Number of transistors956 millionof 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology55 nmof 4 (GeForce RTX 4080)
Power consumption (TDP)250 Wattof 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate25.00of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)
Floating-point performance2x 1,000.0 gflopsof 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo)

Size and compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Radeon HD 4850 X2 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16
Length267 mm
Width2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on Radeon HD 4850 X2: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory typeGDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MBof 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory bus width256 Bitof 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed1990 MHzof 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080)
Memory bandwidth63.68 GB/sof 14400 (Radeon R7 M260)

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon HD 4850 X2. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors4x DVI, 1x S-Video

API support

APIs supported by Radeon HD 4850 X2, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.1
OpenGL3.3of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile)
OpenCL1.1
VulkanN/A

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Radeon HD 4850 X2. 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 X2 2.88

Passmark

This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various 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: 24%

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Gaming performance

Let's see how good Radeon HD 4850 X2 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Relative perfomance

Radeon HD 4850 X2's performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.


NVIDIA equivalent

According to our data, the closest NVIDIA alternative to Radeon HD 4850 X2 is GeForce 930A, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 2 positions in our ranking.

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