NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
VS
ATI Radeon HD 4890
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
VS
ATI Radeon HD 4890

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT  vs  ATI Radeon HD 4890.

990
Place in performance rating
536
Curie
Architecture
TeraScale
G71
Code name
RV790
Desktop
Type
Desktop
9 March 2006 (15 years ago)
Release date
2 April 2009 (12 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$249
$205
Price now
$120 (0.5x MSRP)
0.01
Value for money
1.63
G71
GPU code name
RV790
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT  vs  ATI Radeon HD 4890 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

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Pipelines
800
450 MHz
Core clock speed
850 MHz
278 million
Transistor count
959 million
90 nm
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
48 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
190 Watt
10.80
Texture fill rate
34.00
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Floating-point performance
1,360.0 gflops
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Pipelines / CUDA cores
800
278 million
Number of transistors
959 million
48 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
190 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT and ATI Radeon HD 4890 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 1.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Length
241 mm
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT vs ATI Radeon HD 4890.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
256 MB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
1320 MHz
Memory clock speed
3900 MHz
42.24 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
124.8 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT vs ATI Radeon HD 4890.

2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT and ATI Radeon HD 4890 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

9.0c (9_3)
DirectX
10.1 (10_1)
2.1
OpenGL
3.3

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT and ATI Radeon HD 4890 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT or ATI Radeon HD 4890 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
ATI Radeon HD 4890
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
ATI Radeon HD 4890
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
ATI Radeon HD 4890
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
ATI Radeon HD 4890
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
ATI Radeon HD 4890
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT

Less power consumption (48 Watt vs 190 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (256 MB vs 1 GB)

Advantages of ATI Radeon HD 4890

5.83% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($120 (0.5x MSRP) vs $205)

Finer manufacturing process technology (55 nm vs 90 nm)

More memory bandwidth (124.8 GB/s vs 42.24 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT or ATI Radeon HD 4890?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend ATI Radeon HD 4890 .

NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT versus ATI Radeon HD 4890 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

Passmark

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User rating

3.1 Out of 7 Hitesti Score
3.1 Out of 16 Hitesti Score