NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT vs ATI Radeon HD 4890

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT and ATI Radeon HD 4890. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Benchmarks

477PassMark G3D1531
121PassMark G2D122
9893DMark Fire Strike413

Graphics Processor (GPU)

G92BGPU NameRV790
G92-280-B1Model numberRV790 XT
(215-0758016)
TeslaArchitectureTeraScale
TSMCFoundryTSMC
55 nmProcess Size55 nm
754 millionTransistors959 million
260 mm²Die Size282 mm²

Graphics Card

Jul 21st, 2008Release DateApr 2nd, 2009
GeForce 9
(9800)
FamilyRadeon R700
(HD 4800)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
160 USDLaunch Price249 USD
GeForce 8PredecessorRadeon R600
PCIe 2.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16

Memory

512 MBMemory Size1024 MB
GDDR3Memory TypeGDDR5
256 bitMemory Bus256 bit
57.60 GB/sBandwidth124.8 GB/s

Performance

9.600 GPixel/sPixel fillrate13.60 GPixel/s
33.60 GTexel/sTexture fillrate34.00 GTexel/s
336.0 GFLOPSFP32 (float) performance1,360 GFLOPS

Clock Speeds

900 MHz
1800 Mbps effective
Memory Clock975 MHz
3.9 Gbps effective
600 MHzGPU Clock850 MHz

Render Config

112Shading Units800
56TMUs40
16ROPs16
64 KBL2 Cache256 KB

Board Design

Single-slotSlot WidthDual-slot
229 mm
9 inches
Length241 mm
9.5 inches
125 WThermal design power (TDP)190 W
300 WSuggested PSU450 W
2x DVI
1x S-Video
Display Connectors2x DVI
1x S-Video
1x 6-pinPower Connectors2x 6-pin
P360,
P393
Board NumberB790-31

API support

11.1 (10_0)DirectX10.1 (10_1)
3.3OpenGL3.3
1.1OpenCL1.1
N/AVulkanN/A
4.0Shader Model4.1