GeForce GTX 670 vs Radeon HD 4850

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 670 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 GeForce GTX 670 stacks up against Radeon HD 4850, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 670 Radeon HD 4850
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 110 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors Two 6-pin 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • GeForce GTX 670 has 54% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 4850.
  • GeForce GTX 670 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 4850 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon HD 4850 has 510 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 670.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 670 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 4850 - with Terascale 1.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 670 is 355 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4850.
  • GeForce GTX 670 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 4850 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 4850 is 237 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 670.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 4850 is 987 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 670.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 1−2
ultra / 1080p 21−24 0−1
QHD / 1440p 16−18 0−1
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 12−14
medium / 1080p 40−45 3−4
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 670 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 683% more, than Radeon HD 4850.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 670 Radeon HD 4850
Architecture Kepler Terascale 1
Code name GK104 RV770
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 10 May 2012 25 June 2008
Pipelines 1344 800
Core clock speed 980 MHz 625 MHz
Boost Clock 980 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 102.5 billion/sec 25.00
Floating-point performance 2,459.5 gflops 1,000.0 gflops
Length 9.5" (24.1 cm) 246 mm
Memory bus width 256-bit GDDR5 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6.0 GB/s 993 MHz
Memory bandwidth 192.2 GB/s 63.55 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 5.1 4.1
OpenGL 4.2 3.3
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 1344
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support 4 displays
HDMI +
HDCP +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
3D Blu-Ray +
3D Gaming +
3D Vision +
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