Radeon Pro WX 3200 vs ATI HD 4850

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 4850 with Radeon Pro WX 3200, including specs and performance data.

ATI HD 4850
2008
512 MB GDDR3, 110 Watt
2.66

Pro WX 3200 outperforms ATI HD 4850 by a whopping 136% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking822588
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.2613.29
Power efficiency1.666.63
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameRV770Polaris 23
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date25 June 2008 (16 years ago)2 July 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 $199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

Pro WX 3200 has 5012% 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 cores800640
Core clock speed625 MHz1082 MHz
Number of transistors956 million2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)110 Watt65 Watt
Texture fill rate25.0034.62
Floating-point processing power1 TFLOPS1.385 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs4032

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 3.0 x8
Length246 mmno data
Width1-slotMXM Module
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount512 MB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed993 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth63.55 GB/s64 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-Video4x mini-DisplayPort

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model4.16.4
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131

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.

ATI HD 4850 2.66
Pro WX 3200 6.27
+136%

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
Pro WX 3200 2414
+135%

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
Pro WX 3200 12538
+39.7%

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
Pro WX 3200 18866
+67.4%

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
Pro WX 3200 105833
+45.2%

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:

900p28
−132%
65−70
+132%
Full HD40
+111%
19
−111%
1200p19
−111%
40−45
+111%
4K3−4
−167%
8
+167%

Cost per frame, $

1080p4.98
+111%
10.47
−111%
4K66.33
−167%
24.88
+167%
  • ATI HD 4850 has 111% lower cost per frame in 1080p
  • Pro WX 3200 has 167% lower cost per frame in 4K

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 6−7
−133%
14−16
+133%
Counter-Strike 2 9−10
−44.4%
12−14
+44.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−140%
12−14
+140%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 6−7
−133%
14−16
+133%
Battlefield 5 8−9
−213%
24−27
+213%
Counter-Strike 2 9−10
−44.4%
12−14
+44.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−140%
12−14
+140%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−400%
20
+400%
Fortnite 12−14
−192%
35−40
+192%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−125%
27−30
+125%
Forza Horizon 5 4−5
−250%
14−16
+250%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14
−83.3%
21−24
+83.3%
Valorant 40−45
−58.1%
65−70
+58.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 6−7
−133%
14−16
+133%
Battlefield 5 8−9
−213%
24−27
+213%
Counter-Strike 2 9−10
−44.4%
12−14
+44.4%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 45−50
−104%
95−100
+104%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−140%
12−14
+140%
Dota 2 24−27
−88.5%
49
+88.5%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−350%
18
+350%
Fortnite 12−14
−192%
35−40
+192%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−125%
27−30
+125%
Forza Horizon 5 4−5
−250%
14−16
+250%
Grand Theft Auto V 6−7
−250%
21−24
+250%
Metro Exodus 4−5
−150%
10
+150%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14
−83.3%
21−24
+83.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
−87.5%
15
+87.5%
Valorant 40−45
−58.1%
65−70
+58.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
−213%
24−27
+213%
Counter-Strike 2 9−10
−44.4%
12−14
+44.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−140%
12−14
+140%
Dota 2 24−27
−34.6%
35
+34.6%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−325%
17
+325%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−125%
27−30
+125%
Forza Horizon 5 4−5
−250%
14−16
+250%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14
−83.3%
21−24
+83.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
−25%
10
+25%
Valorant 40−45
−58.1%
65−70
+58.1%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 12−14
−192%
35−40
+192%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 3−4
−133%
7−8
+133%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 18−20
−150%
45−50
+150%
Grand Theft Auto V 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
−94.7%
35−40
+94.7%
Valorant 21−24
−205%
65−70
+205%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−200%
12−14
+200%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−133%
14−16
+133%
Forza Horizon 5 2−3
−350%
9−10
+350%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
−125%
9−10
+125%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 5−6
−140%
12−14
+140%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
−13.3%
16−18
+13.3%
Valorant 12−14
−131%
30−33
+131%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Dota 2 6−7
−50%
9
+50%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−800%
9−10
+800%
Forza Horizon 5 0−1 3−4
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%

1440p
High Preset

Metro Exodus 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Metro Exodus 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5
+0%
5
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

This is how ATI HD 4850 and Pro WX 3200 compete in popular games:

  • Pro WX 3200 is 132% faster in 900p
  • ATI HD 4850 is 111% faster in 1080p
  • Pro WX 3200 is 111% faster in 1200p
  • Pro WX 3200 is 167% faster in 4K

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

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Pro WX 3200 is 800% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Pro WX 3200 is ahead in 58 tests (88%)
  • there's a draw in 8 tests (12%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.66 6.27
Recency 25 June 2008 2 July 2019
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 65 Watt

Pro WX 3200 has a 135.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 292.9% more advanced lithography process, and 69.2% lower power consumption.

The Radeon Pro WX 3200 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 4850 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 4850 is a desktop card while Radeon Pro WX 3200 is a workstation one.

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