ATI Radeon HD 4890 vs ATI Radeon 3100 IGP

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4890 and ATI Radeon 3100 IGP 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 4890

ATI Radeon 3100 IGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4890

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 344 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
20.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1533 vs 74
9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3348 vs 370
9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3348 vs 370

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 April 2009 vs 4 March 2008
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 344 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1533 vs 74
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348 vs 370
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348 vs 370

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 3100 IGP

3.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 228 vs 68

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	228 vs 68

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4890
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 3100 IGP

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1533

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

228

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3348

370

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3348

370

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4890	ATI Radeon 3100 IGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	1533	74
PassMark - G2D Mark	68	228
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348	370
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348	370

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4890	ATI Radeon 3100 IGP
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	TeraScale
Code name	RV790	RS780
Launch date	2 April 2009	4 March 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$249
Place in performance rating	1261	1264
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	344 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,360.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	800
Texture fill rate	34.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	190 Watt
Transistor count	959 million	180 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
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