ATI Radeon HD 4890 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4890 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS 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 8800 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4890

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 55% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 29% higher texture fill rate: 34.0 GTexel / s vs 26.4 GTexel / s
8.3x more pipelines: 800 vs 96
5.2x better floating-point performance: 1,360.0 gflops vs 264 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
2.7x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 384 MB
2.4x more memory clock speed: 3900 MHz vs 1600 MHz
4.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1508 vs 330
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3348 vs 3128
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3348 vs 3128

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 April 2009 vs 31 January 2008
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	34.0 GTexel / s vs 26.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	800 vs 96
Floating-point performance	1,360.0 gflops vs 264 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 384 MB
Memory clock speed	3900 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1508 vs 330
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348 vs 3128
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348 vs 3128

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

Around 81% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 190 Watt
Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 121 vs 75

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 190 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	121 vs 75

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4890
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1508

330

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

121

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3348

3128

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3348

3128

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4890	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	1508	330
PassMark - G2D Mark	75	121
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348	3128
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348	3128

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4890	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV790	G92
Launch date	2 April 2009	31 January 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$249
Place in performance rating	1249	1250
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,360.0 gflops	264 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	800	96
Texture fill rate	34.0 GTexel / s	26.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	190 Watt	105 Watt
Transistor count	959 million	754 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	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	384 MB
Memory bandwidth	124.8 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	3900 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3