Radeon HD 4850 vs GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Summary
Radeon HD 4850
100%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
131%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 4850 |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 550 Ti |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Around 31% higher average synthetic performance. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 550 Ti
The GeForce GTX 550 Ti is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 4850 | | GeForce GTX 550 Ti | |
|---|
| GPU Name | RV770 (RV770 PRO) | vs | GF116 (GF116-400-A1) |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 256 mm² | vs | 238 mm² |
| Transistors | 956 million | vs | 1,170 million |
| Shaders | 800 | vs | 192 |
| Compute Units | 10 | vs | 4 |
| Core clock | 625 MHz | vs | 900 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 24 |
| TMUs | 40 | vs | 32 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 4850 | | GeForce GTX 550 Ti | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 192 bit |
| Memory Speed | 993 MHz
1986 MHz effective | vs | 1026 MHz
4104 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 4850 | | GeForce GTX 550 Ti | |
|---|
| TDP | 110 watts | vs | 116 watts |
| Release Date | 25 Jun 2008 | vs | 15 Mar 2011 |
Radeon HD 4850
10.00 GP/s
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
7.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 4850
25.00 GT/s
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
28.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 4850
63.60 GB/s
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
98.50 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 4850
1000.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
691.20 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 4850
1890
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
2490
Points (higher is better)