Radeon HD 4850 X2 vs Radeon RX 5600M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 4850 X2 and Radeon RX 5600M, 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 5600M, check out specs charts below.

Radeon RX 5600M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon RX 5600M 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 5600M here:

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 4850 X2 Radeon RX 5600M
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 150 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin None
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 6 GB
Display Connectors 4x DVI, 1x S-Video No outputs
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  • Radeon HD 4850 X2 has 66% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 5600M.
  • Radeon HD 4850 X2 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon RX 5600M uses PCIe 4.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon HD 4850 X2 has 506 GB more memory, than Radeon RX 5600M.
  • Radeon HD 4850 X2 is used in Desktops, and Radeon RX 5600M - in Laptops.
  • Radeon HD 4850 X2 is build with TeraScale architecture, and Radeon RX 5600M - with Navi / RDNA.
  • Radeon HD 4850 X2 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 5600M - by 7 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 5600M is 10010 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4850 X2.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 35−40
ultra / 1080p 2−3 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 14−16 60−65
medium / 1080p 5−6 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 5600M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 583% more, than Radeon HD 4850 X2.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 4850 X2 Radeon RX 5600M
Architecture TeraScale Navi / RDNA
Code name R700 Navi 10
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 7 November 2008 7 January 2020
Pipelines 800 2304
Core clock speed 625 MHz
Boost Clock 1265 MHz
Transistor count 956 million 10,300 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 7 nm
Texture fill rate 25.00 182.2
Floating-point performance 2x 1,000.0 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 1990 MHz 12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 63.68 GB/s 288.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 10.1 (10_1) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 4.1 6.5
OpenGL 3.3 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2
Laptop size medium sized
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