ATI Radeon HD 4850 vs RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Place in the ranking	472	813
Place by popularity	39	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.21
Architecture	Vega (2017−2020)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	Vega	RV770
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 January 2020 (4 years ago)	25 June 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	512	800
Core clock speed	no data	625 MHz
Boost clock speed	2100 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	no data	956 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	110 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	25.00
Floating-point processing power	no data	1 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	16
TMUs	no data	40

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	no data	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	246 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-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 type	no data	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	no data	512 MB
Memory bus width	no data	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	993 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	63.55 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 Connectors

no data

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12_1	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	no data	4.1
OpenGL	no data	3.3
OpenCL	no data	1.1
Vulkan	-	N/A

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.

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 9.16
+244%

ATI HD 4850 2.66

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.

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 22428
+150%

ATI HD 4850 8972

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.

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 27084
+140%

ATI HD 4850 11272

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.

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 299071
+310%

ATI HD 4850 72891

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	95−100 +239%	28 −239%
Full HD	22 −77.3%	39 +77.3%
1200p	65−70 +242%	19 −242%
1440p	15 +275%	4−5 −275%
4K	10 +400%	2−3 −400%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

19
+280%

5−6

−280%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 +144%	9−10 −144%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	20	0−1
Battlefield 5	27−30 +600%	4−5 −600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 +171%	7−8 −171%
Cyberpunk 2077	14 +180%	5−6 −180%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +320%	5−6 −320%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 +271%	7−8 −271%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 +369%	12−14 −369%
Hitman 3	15 +114%	7−8 −114%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 +143%	21−24 −143%
Metro Exodus	35 +1650%	2−3 −1650%
Red Dead Redemption 2	33 +450%	6−7 −450%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	36 +227%	10−12 −227%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 +57.9%	35−40 −57.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 +144%	9−10 −144%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16	0−1
Battlefield 5	27−30 +600%	4−5 −600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 +171%	7−8 −171%
Cyberpunk 2077	10 +100%	5−6 −100%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +320%	5−6 −320%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 +271%	7−8 −271%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 +369%	12−14 −369%
Hitman 3	15 +114%	7−8 −114%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 +143%	21−24 −143%
Metro Exodus	25 +1150%	2−3 −1150%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 +317%	6−7 −317%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27 +145%	10−12 −145%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +92.3%	12−14 −92.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 +57.9%	35−40 −57.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 +144%	9−10 −144%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 +171%	7−8 −171%
Cyberpunk 2077	9 +80%	5−6 −80%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +320%	5−6 −320%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 +369%	12−14 −369%
Hitman 3	14 +100%	7−8 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24 +14.3%	21−24 −14.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	23 +109%	10−12 −109%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14 +7.7%	12−14 −7.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12 −217%	35−40 +217%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

21
+250%

6−7

−250%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 +350%	4−5 −350%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 +250%	4−5 −250%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 +350%	2−3 −350%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	11 +267%	3−4 −267%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 +350%	2−3 −350%
Cyberpunk 2077	5 +400%	1−2 −400%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 +290%	10−11 −290%
Hitman 3	10 +25%	8−9 −25%
Horizon Zero Dawn	20 +186%	7−8 −186%
Metro Exodus	17 +325%	4−5 −325%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16 +300%	4−5 −300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	59 +269%	16−18 −269%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

13
+117%

6−7

−117%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Hitman 3	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 +270%	10−11 −270%
Metro Exodus	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 +267%	3−4 −267%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9 +350%	2−3 −350%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10
+125%

4−5

−125%

This is how RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and ATI HD 4850 compete in popular games:

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 239% faster in 900p
ATI HD 4850 is 77% faster in 1080p
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 242% faster in 1200p
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 275% faster in 1440p
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 400% 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 RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 1650% faster.
in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the ATI HD 4850 is 217% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is ahead in 56 tests (98%)
ATI HD 4850 is ahead in 1 test (2%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	9.16	2.66
Recency	7 January 2020	25 June 2008
Chip lithography	7 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	110 Watt

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) has a 244.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 685.7% more advanced lithography process, and 633.3% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 4850 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is a notebook card while Radeon HD 4850 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.