FirePro V5900 vs Radeon HD 4850 X2

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro V5900 and Radeon HD 4850 X2. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between FirePro V5900 and Radeon HD 4850 X2. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
Radeon HD 4850 X2

Main Specs

  FirePro V5900 Radeon HD 4850 X2
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 250 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Display Connectors 1x DVI 4x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • Radeon HD 4850 X2 has 233% more power consumption, than FirePro V5900.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon HD 4850 X2 has 510 GB more memory, than FirePro V5900.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro V5900 is build with TeraScale 3 architecture, and Radeon HD 4850 X2 - with TeraScale.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 4850 X2 is 25 MHz higher, than FirePro V5900.
  • FirePro V5900 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 4850 X2 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 4850 X2 is 37 mm longer, than FirePro V5900.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro V5900 is 10 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4850 X2.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 3−4
ultra / 1080p 2−3 2−3
QHD / 1440p 1−2 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 14−16
medium / 1080p 7−8 5−6
The average gaming FPS of FirePro V5900 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 16% more, than Radeon HD 4850 X2.

Full Specs

  FirePro V5900 Radeon HD 4850 X2
Architecture TeraScale 3 TeraScale
Code name Cayman R700
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 24 May 2011 7 November 2008
Pipelines 512 800
Core clock speed 600 MHz 625 MHz
Transistor count 2,640 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 19.20 25.00
Floating-point performance 614.4 gflops 2x 1,000.0 gflops
Length 230 mm 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 1990 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 63.68 GB/s
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 5.0 4.1
OpenGL 4.4 3.3
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 66 Mh/s
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