GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon HD 4850

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 1050 and Radeon HD 4850. 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 GeForce GTX 1050 and Radeon HD 4850. 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.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 Radeon HD 4850
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 110 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 512 MB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Recommended system power (PSU) 300 Watt
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  • Radeon HD 4850 has 46% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 1050.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 4850 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon HD 4850 has 508 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 1050.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon HD 4850 - with Terascale 1.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 is 665 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4850.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 4850 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 4850 is 241 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 1050.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 is 6015 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4850.

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 1050 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 683% more, than Radeon HD 4850.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 Radeon HD 4850
Architecture Pascal Terascale 1
Code name N17P-G1 RV770
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 25 October 2016 25 June 2008
Pipelines 640 800
Core clock speed 1290 MHz 625 MHz
Boost Clock 1392 MHz
Transistor count 3,300 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 58.20 25.00
Floating-point performance 1,862 gflops 1,000.0 gflops
Length 5.7" (14.5 cm) 246 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz 993 MHz
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 63.55 GB/s
Shared memory -
G-SYNC support +
VR Ready +
DirectX 12 (12_1) 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 6.4 4.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
CUDA +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.3 kh/s
CUDA cores 640
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Height 4.38" (11.1 cm)
Multi monitor support +
HDCP 2.2
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 279 Mh/s
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.85 Gh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 143.76 Sol/s
Width 2-slot
GameStream +
GPU Boost 3.0
SLI -
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