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

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between ATI Radeon HD 4850  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250.

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

Which GPU is better between ATI Radeon HD 4850  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

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
no data
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
no data
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

Let’s discuss how graphics cards ATI Radeon HD 4850 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

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
no data
SLI options
+
no data
Height
4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between ATI Radeon HD 4850 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250.

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

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between ATI Radeon HD 4850 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250.

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

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

no data
3D Vision
+
no data
CUDA
+

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders ATI Radeon HD 4850 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other 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 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see 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

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

4.3 Out of 34 Hitesti Score
3.5 Out of 112 Hitesti Score