GeForce GTS 450 vs ATI Radeon HD 4850

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 4850 and GeForce GTS 450, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI HD 4850
2008
512 MB GDDR3, 110 Watt
2.66

GTS 450 outperforms ATI HD 4850 by a significant 29% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking804723
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.210.57
Power efficiency1.732.31
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameRV770GF106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date25 June 2008 (16 years ago)13 September 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 $129

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTS 450 has 171% 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 cores800192
Core clock speed625 MHz783 MHz
Number of transistors956 million1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)110 Watt106 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data100 °C
Texture fill rate25.0025.06
Floating-point processing power1 TFLOPS0.6013 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).

Bus supportno dataPCI-E 2.0 x 16
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length246 mm210 mm
Heightno data4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 6-pin
SLI options-+

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 MB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed993 MHz1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
Memory bandwidth63.55 GB/s57.7 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoMini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
HDMI-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model4.15.1
OpenGL3.34.2
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-+

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
GTS 450 3.43
+28.9%

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
GTS 450 1323
+28.9%

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
GTS 450 9758
+8.8%

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
GTS 450 12447
+10.4%

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
−3.4%
30
+3.4%
Full HD40
+5.3%
38
−5.3%
1200p19
−42.1%
27
+42.1%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 2−3
Battlefield 5 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−46.2%
18−20
+46.2%
Hitman 3 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−19%
24−27
+19%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−50%
9−10
+50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
−27.3%
14−16
+27.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−7.9%
40−45
+7.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 2−3
Battlefield 5 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−46.2%
18−20
+46.2%
Hitman 3 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−19%
24−27
+19%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−50%
9−10
+50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
−27.3%
14−16
+27.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−15.4%
14−16
+15.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−7.9%
40−45
+7.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 2−3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−46.2%
18−20
+46.2%
Hitman 3 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−19%
24−27
+19%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
−27.3%
14−16
+27.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−15.4%
14−16
+15.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−7.9%
40−45
+7.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−50%
9−10
+50%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Hitman 3 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 16−18
−31.3%
21−24
+31.3%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 1−2

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 4 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

This is how ATI HD 4850 and GTS 450 compete in popular games:

  • GTS 450 is 3% faster in 900p
  • ATI HD 4850 is 5% faster in 1080p
  • GTS 450 is 42% faster in 1200p

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

  • in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTS 450 is 150% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTS 450 is ahead in 51 test (86%)
  • there's a draw in 8 tests (14%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.66 3.43
Recency 25 June 2008 13 September 2010
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 106 Watt

GTS 450 has a 28.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 3.8% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTS 450 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 4850 in performance tests.


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