AMD Radeon HD 6670 vs ATI Radeon HD 4890

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6670 and ATI Radeon HD 4890 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6670

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
  • 2.9x lower typical power consumption: 66 Watt vs 190 Watt
  • 3.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 246 vs 68
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 19 April 2011 vs 2 April 2009
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 66 Watt vs 190 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 246 vs 68

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4890

  • Around 77% higher texture fill rate: 34.0 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 800 vs 480
  • Around 77% better floating-point performance: 1,360.0 gflops vs 768.0 gflops
  • 3.7x more memory clock speed: 3900 MHz vs 1050 MHz
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1533 vs 725
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 34.0 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 800 vs 480
Floating-point performance 1,360.0 gflops vs 768.0 gflops
Memory clock speed 3900 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1533 vs 725

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6670
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4890

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
725
1533
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
246
68
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3348
3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3348
3348
Name AMD Radeon HD 6670 ATI Radeon HD 4890
PassMark - G3D Mark 725 1533
PassMark - G2D Mark 246 68
Geekbench - OpenCL 1900
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 235.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 15.918
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 38.551
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1564
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3348 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1564
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3348 3348
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 6670 ATI Radeon HD 4890

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 TeraScale
Code name Turks RV790
Design AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch date 19 April 2011 2 April 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $99 $249
Place in performance rating 1259 1261
Price now $102.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 13.12

Technical info

Boost clock speed 800 MHz
Floating-point performance 768.0 gflops 1,360.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 480 800
Texture fill rate 19.2 GTexel / s 34.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 66 Watt 190 Watt
Transistor count 716 million 959 million
Core clock speed 850 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 11 10.1
OpenGL 4.4 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 124.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1050 MHz 3900 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire