AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 vs ATI Radeon HD 4890

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 and ATI Radeon HD 4890 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8

ATI Radeon HD 4890

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 6 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm

Launch date	26 Oct 2017 vs 2 April 2009
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 55 nm

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4890

Around 56% higher pipelines: 800 vs 512

Pipelines	800 vs 512

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4890

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8	ATI Radeon HD 4890
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1429
PassMark - G3D Mark		1539
PassMark - G2D Mark		66
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3348

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8	ATI Radeon HD 4890
Essentials
Architecture	Vega	TeraScale
Code name	Vega Raven Ridge	RV790
Launch date	26 Oct 2017	2 April 2009
Place in performance rating	949	1258
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$249
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	512	800
Core clock speed		850 MHz
Floating-point performance		1,360.0 gflops
Texture fill rate		34.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		190 Watt
Transistor count		959 million
API support
DirectX	12.1	10.1
OpenGL		3.3
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		241 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		124.8 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		3900 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5