GeForce RTX 3070 vs ATI Radeon HD 4850

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 4850 and GeForce RTX 3070, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI HD 4850
2008
512 MB GDDR3, 110 Watt
2.66

RTX 3070 outperforms ATI HD 4850 by a whopping 2080% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking81242
Place by popularitynot in top-10043
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.2658.58
Power efficiency1.6618.07
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameRV770GA104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date25 June 2008 (16 years ago)1 September 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 $499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 3070 has 22431% better value for money than ATI HD 4850.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores8005888
Core clock speed625 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1725 MHz
Number of transistors956 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)110 Watt220 Watt
Texture fill rate25.00317.4
Floating-point processing power1 TFLOPS20.31 TFLOPS
ROPs1696
TMUs40184
Tensor Coresno data184
Ray Tracing Coresno data46

Form factor & 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 4.0 x16
Length246 mm242 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 12-pin

VRAM capacity and type

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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount512 MB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed993 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth63.55 GB/s448.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

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 S-Video1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.16.5
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA-8.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 2.66
RTX 3070 58.00
+2080%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

ATI HD 4850 1026
RTX 3070 22343
+2078%

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.

ATI HD 4850 8972
RTX 3070 88744
+889%

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.

ATI HD 4850 11272
RTX 3070 154864
+1274%

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.

ATI HD 4850 72891
RTX 3070 502470
+589%

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:

900p29
−1969%
600−650
+1969%
Full HD40
−273%
149
+273%
1200p19
−2005%
400−450
+2005%
1440p4−5
−2375%
99
+2375%
4K2−3
−2950%
61
+2950%

Cost per frame, $

1080p4.983.35
1440p49.755.04
4K99.508.18

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−2840%
147
+2840%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−1289%
125
+1289%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 100
Battlefield 5 4−5
−4500%
180−190
+4500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−1457%
100−110
+1457%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−2680%
139
+2680%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−2100%
110−120
+2100%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
−1900%
140−150
+1900%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−1623%
220−230
+1623%
Hitman 3 7−8
−1457%
109
+1457%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−948%
220−230
+948%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−7100%
144
+7100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−1867%
118
+1867%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
−2018%
230−240
+2018%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−358%
174
+358%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−1233%
120−130
+1233%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 87
Battlefield 5 4−5
−4500%
180−190
+4500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−1457%
100−110
+1457%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−2420%
126
+2420%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−2100%
110−120
+2100%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
−1900%
140−150
+1900%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−1623%
220−230
+1623%
Hitman 3 7−8
−1557%
116
+1557%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−948%
220−230
+948%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−7100%
144
+7100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−1800%
110−120
+1800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
−2218%
255
+2218%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−831%
120−130
+831%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−368%
178
+368%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−800%
81
+800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 78
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−1457%
100−110
+1457%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−1940%
102
+1940%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−2100%
110−120
+2100%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−1623%
220−230
+1623%
Hitman 3 7−8
−1486%
111
+1486%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−762%
181
+762%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
−1927%
223
+1927%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−831%
121
+831%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−124%
85
+124%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−1833%
116
+1833%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5
−3025%
120−130
+3025%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−2150%
90−95
+2150%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−3300%
68
+3300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−3350%
65−70
+3350%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−6100%
62
+6100%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−2167%
65−70
+2167%
Hitman 3 8−9
−1100%
96
+1100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
−1986%
146
+1986%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−4800%
95−100
+4800%
Watch Dogs: Legion 16−18
−994%
175
+994%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−1800%
114
+1800%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−6400%
65−70
+6400%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−5400%
55−60
+5400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−2300%
48
+2300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−4200%
43
+4200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−4000%
40−45
+4000%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−3700%
35−40
+3700%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 38

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−1625%
69
+1625%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65
+0%
65
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Metro Exodus 101
+0%
101
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 166
+0%
166
+0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3 52
+0%
52
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 210−220
+0%
210−220
+0%
Metro Exodus 107
+0%
107
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 90
+0%
90
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 30
+0%
30
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 97
+0%
97
+0%

This is how ATI HD 4850 and RTX 3070 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3070 is 1969% faster in 900p
  • RTX 3070 is 273% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3070 is 2005% faster in 1200p
  • RTX 3070 is 2375% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3070 is 2950% faster in 4K

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

  • in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 3070 is 7100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 3070 is ahead in 57 tests (84%)
  • there's a draw in 11 tests (16%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.66 58.00
Recency 25 June 2008 1 September 2020
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 220 Watt

ATI HD 4850 has 100% lower power consumption.

RTX 3070, on the other hand, has a 2080.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 587.5% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3070 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 4850 in performance tests.


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