ATI Radeon HD 4850 vs RX 5600 XT

Place in the ranking	141	804
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	55.96	0.21
Power efficiency	16.82	1.73
Architecture	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	Navi 10	RV770
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	21 January 2020 (4 years ago)	25 June 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$279	$199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 5600 XT has 26548% 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	2304	800
Core clock speed	1130 MHz	625 MHz
Boost clock speed	1560 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	10,300 million	956 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	110 Watt
Texture fill rate	224.6	25.00
Floating-point processing power	7.188 TFLOPS	1 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	16
TMUs	144	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	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	246 mm
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	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	GDDR6	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	993 MHz
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	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	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	6.5	4.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
OpenCL	2.0	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	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 5600 XT 35.32
+1228%

ATI HD 4850 2.66

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.

RX 5600 XT 13631
+1229%

ATI HD 4850 1026

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 5600 XT 86004
+859%

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 5600 XT 115838
+928%

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 5600 XT 548796
+653%

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	350−400 +1107%	29 −1107%
Full HD	108 +170%	40 −170%
1200p	250−260 +1216%	19 −1216%
1440p	63 +1475%	4−5 −1475%
4K	36 +1700%	2−3 −1700%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

83
+1560%

5−6

−1560%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	75−80 +744%	9−10 −744%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	92	0−1
Battlefield 5	110−120 +2750%	4−5 −2750%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	104 +1386%	7−8 −1386%
Cyberpunk 2077	74 +1380%	5−6 −1380%
Far Cry 5	75−80 +1460%	5−6 −1460%
Far Cry New Dawn	85−90 +1171%	7−8 −1171%
Forza Horizon 4	180−190 +1292%	12−14 −1292%
Hitman 3	83 +1086%	7−8 −1086%
Horizon Zero Dawn	275 +1210%	21−24 −1210%
Metro Exodus	144 +7100%	2−3 −7100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	112 +1767%	6−7 −1767%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	120−130 +1055%	10−12 −1055%
Watch Dogs: Legion	262 +589%	35−40 −589%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	173 +1822%	9−10 −1822%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	76	0−1
Battlefield 5	110−120 +2750%	4−5 −2750%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	98 +1300%	7−8 −1300%
Cyberpunk 2077	63 +1160%	5−6 −1160%
Far Cry 5	75−80 +1460%	5−6 −1460%
Far Cry New Dawn	85−90 +1171%	7−8 −1171%
Forza Horizon 4	180−190 +1292%	12−14 −1292%
Hitman 3	83 +1086%	7−8 −1086%
Horizon Zero Dawn	272 +1195%	21−24 −1195%
Metro Exodus	140 +6900%	2−3 −6900%
Red Dead Redemption 2	94 +1467%	6−7 −1467%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	158 +1336%	10−12 −1336%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	70−75 +469%	12−14 −469%
Watch Dogs: Legion	248 +553%	35−40 −553%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	75−80 +744%	9−10 −744%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	62	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	79 +1029%	7−8 −1029%
Cyberpunk 2077	54 +980%	5−6 −980%
Far Cry 5	75−80 +1460%	5−6 −1460%
Forza Horizon 4	138 +962%	12−14 −962%
Hitman 3	77 +1000%	7−8 −1000%
Horizon Zero Dawn	115 +448%	21−24 −448%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	141 +1182%	10−12 −1182%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	84 +546%	12−14 −546%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35 −8.6%	35−40 +8.6%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

88
+1367%

6−7

−1367%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	65−70 +1575%	4−5 −1575%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 +1250%	4−5 −1250%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 +1800%	2−3 −1800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	45 +1400%	3−4 −1400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	62 +3000%	2−3 −3000%
Cyberpunk 2077	30 +2900%	1−2 −2900%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +1267%	3−4 −1267%
Forza Horizon 4	200−210 +1343%	14−16 −1343%
Hitman 3	52 +550%	8−9 −550%
Horizon Zero Dawn	89 +1171%	7−8 −1171%
Metro Exodus	88 +1367%	6−7 −1367%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	97 +1286%	7−8 −1286%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50 +2350%	2−3 −2350%
Watch Dogs: Legion	242 +1413%	16−18 −1413%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

69
+1050%

6−7

−1050%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 +3400%	1−2 −3400%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 +2800%	1−2 −2800%
Hitman 3	36 +1700%	2−3 −1700%
Horizon Zero Dawn	107 +1238%	8−9 −1238%
Metro Exodus	51 +1600%	3−4 −1600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	46 +1433%	3−4 −1433%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 +1050%	2−3 −1050%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21 +2000%	1−2 −2000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	37 +3600%	1−2 −3600%
Cyberpunk 2077	12	0−1
Far Cry 5	20−22 +1900%	1−2 −1900%
Forza Horizon 4	70 +1300%	5−6 −1300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	57 +1325%	4−5 −1325%
Watch Dogs: Legion	11	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

39
+875%

4−5

−875%

This is how RX 5600 XT and ATI HD 4850 compete in popular games:

RX 5600 XT is 1107% faster in 900p
RX 5600 XT is 170% faster in 1080p
RX 5600 XT is 1216% faster in 1200p
RX 5600 XT is 1475% faster in 1440p
RX 5600 XT is 1700% 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 5600 XT is 7100% faster.
in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the ATI HD 4850 is 9% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RX 5600 XT is ahead in 56 tests (98%)
ATI HD 4850 is ahead in 1 test (2%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	35.32	2.66
Recency	21 January 2020	25 June 2008
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	7 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	110 Watt

RX 5600 XT has a 1227.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 685.7% more advanced lithography process.

ATI HD 4850, on the other hand, has 36.4% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 5600 XT 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.