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).

 

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
75
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 1248 1249
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