Radeon R7 250E vs ATI HD 4850

Place in the ranking	813	674
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.26	1.25
Power efficiency	1.67	5.47
Architecture	TeraScale (2005−2013)	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code name	RV770	Cape Verde
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	25 June 2008 (16 years ago)	20 December 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$109

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

R7 250E has 381% 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 cores	800	512
Core clock speed	625 MHz	800 MHz
Number of transistors	956 million	1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	55 Watt
Texture fill rate	25.00	25.60
Floating-point processing power	1 TFLOPS	0.8192 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	16
TMUs	40	32

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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	246 mm	168 mm
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None

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 type	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	993 MHz	1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth	63.55 GB/s	72 GB/s

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 Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	10.1 (10_1)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	4.1	5.1
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131

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	29 −55.2%	45−50 +55.2%
Full HD	39 −53.8%	60−65 +53.8%
1200p	19 −57.9%	30−35 +57.9%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

5.10

−181%

1.82
+181%

R7 250E has 181% lower cost per frame in 1080p

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −60%	16−18 +60%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −50%	9−10 +50%
Elden Ring	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7 −50%	9−10 +50%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −60%	16−18 +60%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −50%	9−10 +50%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −61.5%	21−24 +61.5%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 −60%	16−18 +60%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7 −50%	9−10 +50%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −60%	16−18 +60%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −50%	9−10 +50%
Dota 2	7−8 −42.9%	10−11 +42.9%
Elden Ring	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
Far Cry 5	16−18 −50%	24−27 +50%
Fortnite	14−16 −50%	21−24 +50%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −61.5%	21−24 +61.5%
Grand Theft Auto V	7−8 −42.9%	10−11 +42.9%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	24−27 −60%	40−45 +60%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 −60%	16−18 +60%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −60%	16−18 +60%
World of Tanks	45−50 −63.3%	80−85 +63.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7 −50%	9−10 +50%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −60%	16−18 +60%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −50%	9−10 +50%
Dota 2	7−8 −42.9%	10−11 +42.9%
Far Cry 5	16−18 −50%	24−27 +50%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −61.5%	21−24 +61.5%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	24−27 −60%	40−45 +60%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	0−1	0−1
Elden Ring	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Grand Theft Auto V	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	18−20 −57.9%	30−33 +57.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
World of Tanks	18−20 −50%	27−30 +50%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −55.6%	14−16 +55.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −42.9%	10−11 +42.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
Valorant	9−10 −55.6%	14−16 +55.6%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 −50%	24−27 +50%
Elden Ring	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −60%	24−27 +60%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 −42.9%	10−11 +42.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −60%	24−27 +60%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Dota 2	16−18 −50%	24−27 +50%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Fortnite	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Valorant	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%

This is how ATI HD 4850 and R7 250E compete in popular games:

R7 250E is 55% faster in 900p
R7 250E is 54% faster in 1080p
R7 250E is 58% faster in 1200p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.67	4.37
Recency	25 June 2008	20 December 2013
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	55 Watt

R7 250E has a 63.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 96.4% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R7 250E 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.