GeForce GTX 560 SE vs Radeon HD 4850 X2

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

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 560 SE Radeon HD 4850 X2
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 250 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 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 SE.
  • 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 SE.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 560 SE is build with Fermi 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 4850 X2 - with TeraScale.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 560 SE is 111 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4850 X2.
  • GeForce GTX 560 SE is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 4850 X2 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 4850 X2 is 57 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 560 SE.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 560 SE is 1838 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4850 X2.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 3−4
ultra / 1080p 5−6 2−3
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 14−16
medium / 1080p 10−12 5−6
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 560 SE in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Radeon HD 4850 X2.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 560 SE Radeon HD 4850 X2
Architecture Fermi 2.0 TeraScale
Code name GF114 R700
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 20 February 2012 7 November 2008
Pipelines 288 800
Core clock speed 736 MHz 625 MHz
Transistor count 1,950 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 35.33 25.00
Floating-point performance 847.9 gflops 2x 1,000.0 gflops
Length 210 mm 267 mm
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3828 MHz 1990 MHz
Memory bandwidth 91.87 GB/s 63.68 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 5.1 4.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.3
OpenCL 1.1 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA 2.1
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 54 Mh/s
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