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Radeon HD 4790 vs Radeon HD 4890 2GB
IntroThe Radeon HD 4790 has a core clock frequency of 600 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 800 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and uses a 55 nm design. It features 640(128x5) SPUs, 32 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.Compare that to the Radeon HD 4890 2GB, which features core clock speeds of 1000 MHz on the GPU, and 975 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 800(160x5) SPUs as well as 40 TAUs and 16 ROPs.
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Power Usage and Theoretical BenchmarksMemory BandwidthThe Radeon HD 4890 2GB, in theory, should perform quite a bit faster than the Radeon HD 4790 overall. (explain)
Texel RateThe Radeon HD 4890 2GB is quite a bit (about 108%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 4790. (explain)
Pixel RateThe Radeon HD 4890 2GB is much (approximately 67%) more effective at AA than the Radeon HD 4790, and also capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)
Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit. Price Comparison
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Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions. Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second. Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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