ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7990
ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7990

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 and AMD Radeon HD 7990. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

612
Place in performance rating
238
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Value for money (0-100)
6.43
TeraScale
Architecture
GCN 1.0
R700
Code name
Malta
Desktop
Type
Desktop
7 November 2008 (13 years ago)
Release date
24 April 2013 (8 years ago)
$420
Launch price (MSRP)
$999
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Price now
$1099 (1.1x MSRP)
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Value for money
2.55
R700
GPU code name
Malta
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 and AMD Radeon HD 7990 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

800
Pipelines
2048
625 MHz
Core clock speed
950 MHz
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Boost Clock
1000 MHz
956 million
Transistor count
4,313 million
55 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
250 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
375 Watt
25.00
Texture fill rate
128.0
2x 1,000.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
2x 4,096 gflops
800
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
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Boost clock speed
1000 MHz
956 million
Number of transistors
4,313 million
250 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
375 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 and AMD Radeon HD 7990.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
267 mm
Length
307 mm
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
2x 8-pin

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 X2 and AMD Radeon HD 7990 can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
512 MB
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
384 Bit
1990 MHz
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
63.68 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
288.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 and AMD Radeon HD 7990, the size and number of monitors.

4x DVI, 1x S-Video
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort

API support

The difference in supported APIs is ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 and AMD Radeon HD 7990. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

10.1 (10_1)
DirectX
12 (11_1)
3.3
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 and AMD Radeon HD 7990 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 X2 or AMD Radeon HD 7990 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
AMD Radeon HD 7990
Death Stranding (2020) ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
AMD Radeon HD 7990
F1 2020 (2020) ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
AMD Radeon HD 7990
Gears Tactics (2020) ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
AMD Radeon HD 7990
Doom Eternal (2020) ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
AMD Radeon HD 7990
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 X2

Less power consumption (250 Watt vs 375 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 3 GB)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7990

20.53% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2048 vs 800)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 55 nm)

More memory bandwidth (288.0 GB/s vs 63.68 GB/s)

So, ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 or AMD Radeon HD 7990?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 7990 .

ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 versus AMD Radeon HD 7990 performance benchmarks comparison

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