NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 vs ATI Radeon HD 4890

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Combined performance score

ATI HD 4890
3.87

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 outperforms Radeon HD 4890 by 111% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking660474
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.650.39
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameRV790GF110
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date2 April 2009 (14 years old)29 November 2011 (12 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$249 $289
Current price$11.97 (0x MSRP)$624 (2.2x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

ATI HD 4890 has 67% better value for money than GTX 560 Ti 448.

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 cores800448
Core clock speed850 MHz732 MHz
Number of transistors959 million3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)190 Watt210 Watt
Texture fill rate34.0040.99
Floating-point performance1,360.0 gflops1,311.7 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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length241 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin2x 6-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1280 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed3900 MHz3800 MHz
Memory bandwidth124.8 GB/s152.0 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-Video2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
HDMIno data+

API support

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model4.15.1
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDAno data2.0

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 8.15
Recency 2 April 2009 29 November 2011
Cost $249 $289
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1280 MB
Chip lithography 55 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 190 Watt 210 Watt

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 4890 in performance tests.


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