GRID M6 8Q vs Radeon HD 4850 X2

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GRID M6 8Q 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 GRID M6 8Q 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.
GRID M6 8Q
Radeon HD 4850 X2

Main Specs

  GRID M6 8Q Radeon HD 4850 X2
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 250 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 512 MB
Display Connectors No outputs 4x DVI, 1x S-Video
 
  • Radeon HD 4850 X2 has 150% more power consumption, than GRID M6 8Q.
  • GRID M6 8Q is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 4850 X2 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon HD 4850 X2 has 504 GB more memory, than GRID M6 8Q.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GRID M6 8Q is build with Maxwell 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 4850 X2 - with TeraScale.
  • Core clock speed of GRID M6 8Q is 97 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4850 X2.
  • GRID M6 8Q is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 4850 X2 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GRID M6 8Q is 3022 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4850 X2.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 18−20 3−4
ultra / 1080p 10−11 2−3
QHD / 1440p 5−6 0−1
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 35−40 14−16
medium / 1080p 21−24 5−6
The average gaming FPS of GRID M6 8Q in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 266% more, than Radeon HD 4850 X2.

Full Specs

  GRID M6 8Q Radeon HD 4850 X2
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 TeraScale
Code name GM204 R700
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 30 August 2015 7 November 2008
Pipelines 1536 800
Core clock speed 722 MHz 625 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 69.31 25.00
Floating-point performance 2,218 gflops 2x 1,000.0 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 1990 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.4 GB/s 63.68 GB/s
DirectX 12 (12_1) 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 6.4 4.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.3
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA 5.2