ATI Radeon HD 4890 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4890 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M 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 GTX 280M

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4890

6.3x more pipelines: 800 vs 128
3.6x better floating-point performance: 1,360.0 gflops vs 374.5 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1533 vs 576
Around 78% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3348 vs 1876
Around 78% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3348 vs 1876

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	800 vs 128
Floating-point performance	1,360.0 gflops vs 374.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1533 vs 576
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348 vs 1876
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348 vs 1876

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M

Around 72% higher core clock speed: 1463 MHz vs 850 MHz
Around 12% higher texture fill rate: 38 billion / sec vs 34.0 GTexel / s
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 190 Watt
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 153 vs 68

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1463 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate	38 billion / sec vs 34.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 190 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	153 vs 68

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4890
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1533

576

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

153

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3348

1876

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3348

1876

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4890	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M
PassMark - G3D Mark	1533	576
PassMark - G2D Mark	68	153
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348	1876
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348	1876

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4890	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV790	G92
Launch date	2 April 2009	3 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$249
Place in performance rating	1261	1262
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	1463 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,360.0 gflops	374.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	800	128
Texture fill rate	34.0 GTexel / s	38 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	190 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	959 million	754 million
CUDA cores		128
Gigaflops		562
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	HDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIDisplayPortLVDSVGA
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-IV
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size		large
MXM Type		MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	124.8 GB / s	61 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0
PureVideo HD
SLI