ATI Radeon HD 4890 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4890 and NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE 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

NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4890

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 89% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 450 MHz
24.3x more texture fill rate: 34.0 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
5.9x more memory clock speed: 3900 MHz vs 666 MHz
39.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1539 vs 39
29.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3348 vs 112
29.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3348 vs 112

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 April 2009 vs 22 March 2006
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	34.0 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	3900 MHz vs 666 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1539 vs 39
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348 vs 112
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348 vs 112

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE

3.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 251 vs 66

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	251 vs 66

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4890
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1539

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

251

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3348

112

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3348

112

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4890	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark	1539	39
PassMark - G2D Mark	66	251
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348	112
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348	112

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4890	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RV790	G72
Launch date	2 April 2009	22 March 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$249
Place in performance rating	1258	1260
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,360.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	800
Texture fill rate	34.0 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	190 Watt
Transistor count	959 million	112 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 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	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	124.8 GB / s	5.33 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	3900 MHz	666 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2