FirePro S9050 vs Radeon HD 4850

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro S9050 and Radeon HD 4850, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro S9050 stacks up against Radeon HD 4850, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FirePro S9050 Radeon HD 4850
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 110 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 512 MB
Display Connectors 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • FirePro S9050 has 104% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 4850.
  • FirePro S9050 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 4850 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon HD 4850 has 500 GB more memory, than FirePro S9050.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro S9050 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 4850 - with Terascale 1.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro S9050 is 275 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4850.
  • FirePro S9050 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 4850 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • FirePro S9050 is 8 mm longer, than Radeon HD 4850.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro S9050 is 4507 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 20−22 1−2
ultra / 1080p 12−14 0−1
QHD / 1440p 6−7 0−1
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 35−40 12−14
medium / 1080p 24−27 3−4
The average gaming FPS of FirePro S9050 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 366% more, than Radeon HD 4850.

Full Specs

  FirePro S9050 Radeon HD 4850
Architecture GCN 1.0 Terascale 1
Code name Tahiti RV770
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 7 August 2014 25 June 2008
Pipelines 1792 800
Core clock speed 900 MHz 625 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 100.8 25.00
Floating-point performance 3,226 gflops 1,000.0 gflops
Length 254 mm 246 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 993 MHz
Memory bandwidth 264 GB/s 63.55 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_1) 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 5.1 4.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.3
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor full height / full length
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