Radeon RX Vega 2 vs ATI HD 4890

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	769	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.41	no data
Power efficiency	1.50	no data
Architecture	TeraScale (2005−2013)	Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code name	RV790	Vega Raven Ridge
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	2 April 2009 (17 years ago)	7 January 2018 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$249	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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	800	128
Core clock speed	850 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	1100 MHz
Number of transistors	959 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	190 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	34.00	no data
Floating-point processing power	1.36 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	16	no data
TMUs	40	no data
L1 Cache	160 KB	no data
L2 Cache	256 KB	no data

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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	no data
Length	241 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	no data

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	GDDR5	no data
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	975 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	124.8 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

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

no data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	10.1 (10_1)	12_1
Shader Model	4.1	no data
OpenGL	3.3	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	N/A	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 April 2009	7 January 2018
Chip lithography	55 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	190 Watt	15 Watt