ATI Radeon HD 4890 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile with Radeon HD 4890, including specs and performance data.

Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile
2018
3 MB GDDR5
12.62
+223%

Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile outperforms ATI HD 4890 by a whopping 223% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking390694
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.39
Power efficiencyno data1.43
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameno dataRV790
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release dateApril 2018 (6 years ago)2 April 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$249

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores768800
Core clock speed1366 MHz850 MHz
Boost clock speed1442 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data959 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data190 Watt
Texture fill rateno data34.00
Floating-point processing powerno data1.36 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data40

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data241 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 6-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount3 MB1 GB
Memory bus width96 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1752 MHz975 MHz
Memory bandwidth84 GB/s124.8 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno data2x DVI, 1x S-Video
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Multi-Projection+no data
Multi Monitor+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectXno data10.1 (10_1)
Shader Modelno data4.1
OpenGLno data3.3
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan+N/A

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 12.62 3.91
Maximum RAM amount 3 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 55 nm

Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile has a 222.8% higher aggregate performance score, and a 292.9% more advanced lithography process.

ATI HD 4890, on the other hand, has a 34033.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 4890 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile is a notebook card while Radeon HD 4890 is a desktop one.


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