ATI Radeon HD 4890 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4890 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 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 Quadro FX 5600

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4890

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 42% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 77% higher texture fill rate: 34.0 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
6.3x more pipelines: 800 vs 128
3.9x better floating-point performance: 1,360.0 gflops vs 345.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
2.4x more memory clock speed: 3900 MHz vs 1600 MHz
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1508 vs 525
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3348 vs 3328
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3348 vs 3328

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 April 2009 vs 5 March 2007
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	34.0 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	800 vs 128
Floating-point performance	1,360.0 gflops vs 345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Memory clock speed	3900 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1508 vs 525
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348 vs 3328
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348 vs 3328

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 171 Watt vs 190 Watt
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 1 GB
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 109 vs 75

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	171 Watt vs 190 Watt
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	109 vs 75

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4890
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1508

525

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

109

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3348

3328

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3348

3328

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4890	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600
PassMark - G3D Mark	1508	525
PassMark - G2D Mark	75	109
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348	3328
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348	3328

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4890	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV790	G80
Launch date	2 April 2009	5 March 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$249	$2,999
Place in performance rating	1248	1251
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Price now		$179.99
Value for money (0-100)		4.92
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,360.0 gflops	345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	800	128
Texture fill rate	34.0 GTexel / s	19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	190 Watt	171 Watt
Transistor count	959 million	681 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 2.0 x16
Length	241 mm	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	124.8 GB / s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	3900 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3