GeForce GTX 465 vs Radeon HD 4850 X2

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 465 and Radeon HD 4850 X2, 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 GeForce GTX 465 stacks up against Radeon HD 4850 X2, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 465 Radeon HD 4850 X2
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 250 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors Two 6-pins 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 4x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • Radeon HD 4850 X2 has 25% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 465.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon HD 4850 X2 has 511 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 465.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 465 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 4850 X2 - with TeraScale.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 465 is 590 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4850 X2.
  • GeForce GTX 465 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 4850 X2 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 4850 X2 is 258 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 465.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 4850 X2 is 387 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 465.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 3−4
ultra / 1080p 8−9 2−3
QHD / 1440p 3−4 0−1
low / 720p 30−33 14−16
medium / 1080p 18−20 5−6
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 465 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 200% more, than Radeon HD 4850 X2.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 465 Radeon HD 4850 X2
Architecture Fermi TeraScale
Code name GF100 R700
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 31 May 2010 7 November 2008
Pipelines 352 800
Core clock speed 1215 MHz 625 MHz
Transistor count 3,100 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 26.7 billion/sec 25.00
Floating-point performance 855.4 gflops 2x 1,000.0 gflops
Length 9.5" (241 mm) (24.1 cm) 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1603 MHz (3206 data rate) 1990 MHz
Memory bandwidth 102.6 GB/s 63.68 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 5.1 4.1
OpenGL 4.2 3.3
OpenCL 1.1 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 352
Bus support PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
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