Radeon HD 4850 X2 vs Radeon RX 550X mobile

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 4850 X2 and Radeon RX 550X mobile, 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 Radeon HD 4850 X2 stacks up against Radeon RX 550X mobile, check out specs charts below.

Radeon RX 550X mobile is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon RX 550X mobile is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon RX 550X mobile here:

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 4850 X2 Radeon RX 550X mobile
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 4 GB
Display Connectors 4x DVI, 1x S-Video No outputs
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  • Radeon HD 4850 X2 has 400% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 550X mobile.
  • Radeon HD 4850 X2 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon RX 550X mobile uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon HD 4850 X2 has 508 GB more memory, than Radeon RX 550X mobile.
  • Radeon HD 4850 X2 is used in Desktops, and Radeon RX 550X mobile - in Laptops.
  • Radeon HD 4850 X2 is build with TeraScale architecture, and Radeon RX 550X mobile - with Polaris.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 550X mobile is 551 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4850 X2.
  • Radeon HD 4850 X2 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 550X mobile - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 550X mobile is 5010 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4850 X2.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 14−16
ultra / 1080p 2−3 9−10
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 14−16 30−35
medium / 1080p 5−6 20−22
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 550X mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 216% more, than Radeon HD 4850 X2.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 4850 X2 Radeon RX 550X mobile
Architecture TeraScale Polaris
Code name R700 Polaris 12
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 7 November 2008 10 January 2019
Pipelines 800 640
Core clock speed 625 MHz 1176 MHz
Boost Clock 1287 MHz
Transistor count 956 million 2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 25.00 51.48
Floating-point performance 2x 1,000.0 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1990 MHz 7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 63.68 GB/s 96 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 10.1 (10_1) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 4.1 6.4
OpenGL 3.3 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
FreeSync +
Laptop size large
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