ATI Radeon HD 4850
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
ATI Radeon HD 4850
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards ATI Radeon HD 4850 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

642
Place in performance rating
800
10.85
Value for money (0-100)
7.68
Terascale 1
Architecture
Tesla
RV770
Code name
G92B
Desktop
Type
Desktop
25 June 2008 (13 years ago)
Release date
4 March 2009 (12 years ago)
$199
Launch price (MSRP)
$199
$171 (0.9x MSRP)
Price now
$117 (0.6x MSRP)
0.50
Value for money
0.23
RV770
GPU code name
G92B
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between ATI Radeon HD 4850 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

800
Pipelines
128
625 MHz
Core clock speed
738 MHz
956 million
Transistor count
754 million
55 nm
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
110 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
25.00
Texture fill rate
47.2 billion/sec
1,000.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
387.1 gflops
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Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
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CUDA cores
128
800
Pipelines / CUDA cores
128
956 million
Number of transistors
754 million
110 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
150 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the ATI Radeon HD 4850 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
246 mm
Length
9" (228.6 mm) (22.9 cm)
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin
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SLI options
+
no data
Height
4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics ATI Radeon HD 4850 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR3
512 MB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
993 MHz
Memory clock speed
1100 MHz
63.55 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
70.4 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards ATI Radeon HD 4850 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVI
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Multi monitor support
+
no data
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
no data
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
no data
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between ATI Radeon HD 4850 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 is the additional functionality.

no data
3D Vision
+
no data
CUDA
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is ATI Radeon HD 4850 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

10.1 (10_1)
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
3.3
OpenGL
3.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for ATI Radeon HD 4850 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the ATI Radeon HD 4850 or NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) ATI Radeon HD 4850
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
Death Stranding (2020) ATI Radeon HD 4850
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
F1 2020 (2020) ATI Radeon HD 4850
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
Gears Tactics (2020) ATI Radeon HD 4850
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
Doom Eternal (2020) ATI Radeon HD 4850
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of ATI Radeon HD 4850

1.95% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (800 vs 128)

Less power consumption (110 Watt vs 150 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 1 GB)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Cheaper ($117 (0.6x MSRP) vs $171 (0.9x MSRP))

More memory bandwidth (70.4 GB/s vs 63.55 GB/s)

So, ATI Radeon HD 4850 or NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend ATI Radeon HD 4850 .

ATI Radeon HD 4850 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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