ATI Radeon HD 4890 vs ATI Radeon HD 3200

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4890 and ATI Radeon HD 3200 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 4890

ATI Radeon HD 3200

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4890

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 70% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 500 MHz
20x more pipelines: 800 vs 40
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
18.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1533 vs 82
8.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3348 vs 386
8.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3348 vs 386

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 April 2009 vs 4 June 2008
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 500 MHz
Pipelines	800 vs 40
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1533 vs 82
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348 vs 386
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348 vs 386

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3200

3.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 227 vs 68

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	227 vs 68

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4890
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1533

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

227

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3348

386

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3348

386

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4890	ATI Radeon HD 3200
PassMark - G3D Mark	1533	82
PassMark - G2D Mark	68	227
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348	386
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348	386

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4890	ATI Radeon HD 3200
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	RV6xx
Code name	RV790	RS780M
Launch date	2 April 2009	4 June 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$249
Place in performance rating	1261	1263
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,360.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	800	40
Texture fill rate	34.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	190 Watt
Transistor count	959 million	181 Million
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
API support
DirectX	10.1	10
OpenGL	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	124.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory		yes
Technologies
HDCP support
PCI-E 2.0