ATI HD 4850 vs ATI HD 4860

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General info

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated772
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for moneyno data0.16
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Terascale 1 (2008−2010)
GPU code nameRV790RV770
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date9 September 2009 (14 years old)25 June 2008 (15 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$199
Current priceno data$138 (0.7x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores640800
Core clock speed700 MHz625 MHz
Number of transistors959 million956 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt110 Watt
Texture fill rate22.4025.00
Floating-point performance896.0 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
Lengthno data246 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 amount512 MB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed3000 MHz993 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 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 S-Video2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API support

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.14.1
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 9 September 2009 25 June 2008
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 110 Watt

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