Radeon 890M vs NVS 4200M

Place in the ranking	1222	315
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.28	100.00
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	RDNA 3.5 (2024−2025)
GPU code name	GF119	Strix Point
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	22 February 2011 (15 years ago)	15 July 2024 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	48	1024
Core clock speed	810 MHz	400 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2900 MHz
Number of transistors	292 million	34,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	6.480	185.6
Floating-point processing power	0.1555 TFLOPS	5.939 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	32
TMUs	8	64
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	16
L0 Cache	no data	256 KB
L1 Cache	64 KB	256 KB
L2 Cache	128 KB	2 MB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
Interface	MXM	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	DDR3	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	64 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

Portable Device Dependent

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.8
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.1
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	2.1	-

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

NVS 4200M 0.74

Radeon 890M 19.48
+2532%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

NVS 4200M 310
Samples: 1445

Radeon 890M 8109
+2516%

Samples: 1863

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

NVS 4200M 507

Radeon 890M 15285
+2915%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

NVS 4200M 2298

Radeon 890M 44129
+1820%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	13 −231%	43 +231%
1440p	0−1	18

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−2000%

40−45
+2000%

Full HD
Medium

Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −2000%	40−45 +2000%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −5600%	57 +5600%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −1500%	80−85 +1500%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 −850%	75−80 +850%
Valorant	27−30 −407%	140−150 +407%

Full HD
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	21−24 −1019%	230−240 +1019%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −2000%	40−45 +2000%
Dota 2	12−14 −2208%	300−310 +2208%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −5200%	53 +5200%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −1500%	80−85 +1500%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −4200%	40−45 +4200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 −850%	75−80 +850%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −783%	53 +783%
Valorant	27−30 −407%	140−150 +407%

Full HD
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −2000%	40−45 +2000%
Dota 2	12−14 −2208%	300−310 +2208%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −4900%	50 +4900%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −1500%	80−85 +1500%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 −850%	75−80 +850%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −467%	34 +467%
Valorant	27−30 −407%	140−150 +407%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2	3−4 −1267%	40−45 +1267%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	4−5 −3475%	140−150 +3475%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 −2050%	170−180 +2050%

1440p
Ultra

Far Cry 5	0−1	45−50
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −2400%	50−55 +2400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −1400%	30−33 +1400%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite

1−2

−4500%

45−50
+4500%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −164%	35−40 +164%
Valorant	4−5 −2750%	110−120 +2750%

4K
Ultra

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS

2−3

−900%

20−22
+900%

4K
Epic

Fortnite

2−3

−950%

21−24
+950%

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2	117 +0%	117 +0%
Resident Evil 4 Remake	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	91 +0%	91 +0%
Fortnite	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	80 +0%	80 +0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	44 +0%	44 +0%
Fortnite	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	71 +0%	71 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	53 +0%	53 +0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5

80−85

+0%

80−85

+0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite

100−110

+0%

100−110

+0%

1440p
High

Grand Theft Auto V	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Metro Exodus	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Valorant	180−190 +0%	180−190 +0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Metro Exodus	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%

This is how NVS 4200M and Radeon 890M compete in popular games:

Radeon 890M is 231% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Far Cry 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Radeon 890M is 5600% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Radeon 890M performs better in 30 tests (54%)
there's a draw in 26 tests (46%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.74	19.48
Recency	22 February 2011	15 July 2024
Chip lithography	40 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	15 Watt

Radeon 890M has a 2532% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, a 900% more advanced lithography process, and 67% lower power consumption.

The Radeon 890M is our recommended choice as it beats the NVS 4200M in performance tests.

Be aware that NVS 4200M is a mobile workstation graphics card while Radeon 890M is a mobile workstation one.