GeForce GTX 560 vs Radeon HD 4850 X2

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 560 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 560 stacks up against Radeon HD 4850 X2, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 560 Radeon HD 4850 X2
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 250 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors Two 6-pin 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 66% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 560.
  • 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 560.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 560 is build with Fermi 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 4850 X2 - with TeraScale.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 560 is 185 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4850 X2.
  • GeForce GTX 560 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 4850 X2 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 4850 X2 is 259 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 560.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 560 is 2010 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4850 X2.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 3−4
ultra / 1080p 8−9 2−3
QHD / 1440p 3−4 0−1
low / 720p 27−30 14−16
medium / 1080p 16−18 5−6
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 560 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 183% more, than Radeon HD 4850 X2.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 560 Radeon HD 4850 X2
Architecture Fermi 2.0 TeraScale
Code name GF114 R700
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 17 May 2011 7 November 2008
Pipelines 336 800
Core clock speed 810 MHz 625 MHz
Transistor count 1,950 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 45.36 25.00
Floating-point performance 1,088.6 gflops 2x 1,000.0 gflops
Length 8.25" (21 cm) 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 1990 MHz
Memory bandwidth 128.0 GB/s 63.68 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 5.1 4.1
OpenGL 4.1 3.3
OpenCL 1.1 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA +
Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
HDCP +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
3D Blu-Ray +
3D Gaming +
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