Radeon HD 4890 vs Radeon R7 265X OEM
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 4890 |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R7 265X OEM |
| 40 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 4890 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Mantle |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R7 265X OEM
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 4890 | | Radeon R7 265X OEM | |
|---|
| GPU Name | RV790 (RV790 XT) | vs | Curacao (Curacao PRO) |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 282 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 959 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 800 | vs | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 10 | vs | 20 |
| Core clock | 850 MHz | vs | 900 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 40 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 4890 | | Radeon R7 265X OEM | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 975 MHz
3900 MHz effective | vs | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 4890 | | Radeon R7 265X OEM | |
|---|
| TDP | 190 watts | vs | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 2 Apr 2009 | vs | 12 Aug 2014 |
Radeon HD 4890
13.60 GP/s
Radeon R7 265X OEM
28.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 4890
34.00 GT/s
Radeon R7 265X OEM
72.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 4890
125.00 GB/s
Radeon R7 265X OEM
179.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 4890
1360.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R7 265X OEM
2304.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better