ATI Radeon HD 4890 vs ATI Radeon X1600
Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4890 and ATI Radeon X1600 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4890
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
- Around 34% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 635 MHz
- 13.4x more texture fill rate: 34.0 GTexel / s vs 2.54 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
- 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
- 4.9x more memory clock speed: 3900 MHz vs 800 MHz
- 30.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1508 vs 49
- 3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3348 vs 1019
- 3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3348 vs 1019
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 2 April 2009 vs 1 January 2007 |
Core clock speed | 850 MHz vs 635 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 34.0 GTexel / s vs 2.54 GTexel / s |
Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm vs 80 nm |
Maximum memory size | 1 GB vs 512 MB |
Memory clock speed | 3900 MHz vs 800 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 1508 vs 49 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3348 vs 1019 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3348 vs 1019 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600
- 7x lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 190 Watt
- 2.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 209 vs 75
Specifications (specs) | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 27 Watt vs 190 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 209 vs 75 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4890
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1600
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | ATI Radeon HD 4890 | ATI Radeon X1600 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 1508 | 49 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 75 | 209 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3348 | 1019 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3348 | 1019 |
Compare specifications (specs)
ATI Radeon HD 4890 | ATI Radeon X1600 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | TeraScale | R500 |
Code name | RV790 | RV516 |
Launch date | 2 April 2009 | 1 January 2007 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $249 | |
Place in performance rating | 1249 | 1252 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 850 MHz | 635 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 1,360.0 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 80 nm |
Pipelines | 800 | |
Texture fill rate | 34.0 GTexel / s | 2.54 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 190 Watt | 27 Watt |
Transistor count | 959 million | 107 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Length | 241 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | None |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.1 | 9.0c |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.0 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 512 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 124.8 GB / s | 12.8 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 3900 MHz | 800 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | DDR2 |