ATI Radeon HD 4860 vs ATI Radeon HD 4890

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4860 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Radeon HD 4860

ATI Radeon HD 4890

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4860

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 190 Watt

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 September 2009 vs 2 April 2009
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 190 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355 vs 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355 vs 3348

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4890

Around 21% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 52% higher texture fill rate: 34.0 GTexel / s vs 22.4 GTexel / s
Around 25% higher pipelines: 800 vs 640
Around 52% better floating-point performance: 1,360.0 gflops vs 896.0 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 30% higher memory clock speed: 3900 MHz vs 3000 MHz

Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate	34.0 GTexel / s vs 22.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	800 vs 640
Floating-point performance	1,360.0 gflops vs 896.0 gflops
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	3900 MHz vs 3000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4860
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4890

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3348

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3348

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4860	ATI Radeon HD 4890
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355	3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355	3348
PassMark - G3D Mark		1508
PassMark - G2D Mark		75

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4860	ATI Radeon HD 4890
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	TeraScale
Code name	RV790	RV790
Launch date	9 September 2009	2 April 2009
Place in performance rating	1248	1249
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$249
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	896.0 gflops	1,360.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	640	800
Texture fill rate	22.4 GTexel / s	34.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	190 Watt
Transistor count	959 million	959 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
Length		241 mm
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	96.0 GB / s	124.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3000 MHz	3900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5