ATI Radeon HD 4890 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4890 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 8800M GTS

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4890

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 70% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 500 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 34.0 GTexel / s vs 16 GTexel / s
12.5x more pipelines: 800 vs 64
8.5x better floating-point performance: 1,360.0 gflops vs 160 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
4.9x more memory clock speed: 3900 MHz vs 800 MHz
3.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1508 vs 382
Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3348 vs 1989
Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3348 vs 1989

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 April 2009 vs 1 November 2007
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	34.0 GTexel / s vs 16 GTexel / s
Pipelines	800 vs 64
Floating-point performance	1,360.0 gflops vs 160 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	3900 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1508 vs 382
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348 vs 1989
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348 vs 1989

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS

3.8x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 190 Watt
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 159 vs 75

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 190 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	159 vs 75

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4890
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1508

382

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

159

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3348

1989

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3348

1989

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4890	NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS
PassMark - G3D Mark	1508	382
PassMark - G2D Mark	75	159
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348	1989
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348	1989

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4890	NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV790	G92
Launch date	2 April 2009	1 November 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$249
Place in performance rating	1248	1250
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,360.0 gflops	160 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	800	64
Texture fill rate	34.0 GTexel / s	16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	190 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	959 million	754 million
CUDA cores		64
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-HE
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	124.8 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3900 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0