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).

ATI Radeon HD 4890

ATI Radeon X1600

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1508

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

209

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3348

1019

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3348

1019

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4890	ATI Radeon X1600
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
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	R500
Code name	RV790	RV516
Launch date	2 April 2009	1 January 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$249
Place in performance rating	1241	1244
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
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
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
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