Quadro FX 5800 vs Radeon HD 4850

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro FX 5800 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 Quadro FX 5800 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

  Quadro FX 5800 Radeon HD 4850
Power consumption (TDP) 189 Watt 110 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 512 MB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • Quadro FX 5800 has 71% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 4850.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon HD 4850 has 508 GB more memory, than Quadro FX 5800.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro FX 5800 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 4850 - with Terascale 1.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 4850 is 15 MHz higher, than Quadro FX 5800.
  • Quadro FX 5800 and Radeon HD 4850 are manufactured by 55 nm process technology.
  • Quadro FX 5800 is 21 mm longer, than Radeon HD 4850.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro FX 5800 is 607 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 1−2
ultra / 1080p 1−2 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 12−14
medium / 1080p 5−6 3−4
The average gaming FPS of Quadro FX 5800 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 33% more, than Radeon HD 4850.

Full Specs

  Quadro FX 5800 Radeon HD 4850
Architecture Tesla 2.0 Terascale 1
Code name GT200B RV770
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 11 November 2008 25 June 2008
Pipelines 240 800
Core clock speed 610 MHz 625 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 48.80 25.00
Floating-point performance 622.1 gflops 1,000.0 gflops
Length 267 mm 246 mm
Memory bus width 512 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 993 MHz
Memory bandwidth 102.4 GB/s 63.55 GB/s
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 4.0 4.1
OpenGL 3.3 3.3
OpenCL 1.1 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA 1.3
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