NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 vs ATI Radeon HD 4890

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Combined performance score

ATI HD 4890
3.87
+6%

Radeon HD 4890 outperforms GeForce GTX 275 by 6% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking660671
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.650.35
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameRV790GT200B
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date2 April 2009 (14 years old)15 January 2009 (15 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$249 $249
Current price$11.97 (0x MSRP)$82 (0.3x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

ATI HD 4890 has 86% better value for money than GTX 275.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores800240
CUDA coresno data240
Core clock speed850 MHz633 MHz
Number of transistors959 million1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)190 Watt219 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105 °C
Texture fill rate34.0050.6 billion/sec
Floating-point performance1,360.0 gflops673.9 gflops

Size and 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).

Bus supportno dataPCI-E 2.0
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length241 mm10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Heightno data4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin2x 6-pin
SLI optionsno data+

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB896 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit448 Bit
Memory clock speed3900 MHz1134 MHz
Memory bandwidth124.8 GB/s127.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoTwo Dual Link DVI
Multi monitor supportno data+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataS/PDIF

API support

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.14.0
OpenGL3.33.0
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDAno data+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

ATI HD 4890 3.87
+6%
GTX 275 3.65

Radeon HD 4890 outperforms GeForce GTX 275 by 6% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

ATI HD 4890 1501
+6.2%
GTX 275 1414

Radeon HD 4890 outperforms GeForce GTX 275 by 6% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

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

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 3.87 3.65
Recency 2 April 2009 15 January 2009
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 896 MB
Power consumption (TDP) 190 Watt 219 Watt

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 4890 and GeForce GTX 275. The differences in performance seem too small.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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