GeForce GTX 590 vs Radeon HD 4890

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 590 and Radeon HD 4890, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 590 stacks up against Radeon HD 4890, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 590 Radeon HD 4890
Power consumption (TDP) 365 Watt 190 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors Two 8-pin 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU) 1 GB
Display Connectors 3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • GeForce GTX 590 has 92% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 4890.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 590 has 3071 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 4890.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 590 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 4890 - with TeraScale.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 590 is 365 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4890.
  • GeForce GTX 590 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 4890 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 4890 is 230 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 590.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 4890 is 2193 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 590.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 7−8
ultra / 1080p 10−11 4−5
QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
low / 720p 35−40 16−18
medium / 1080p 21−24 8−9
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 590 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 133% more, than Radeon HD 4890.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 590 Radeon HD 4890
Architecture Fermi TeraScale
Code name GF110 RV790
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 24 March 2011 2 April 2009
Pipelines 1024 800
Core clock speed 1215 MHz 850 MHz
Transistor count 3,000 million 959 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 77.7 billion/sec 34.00
Floating-point performance 2x 1,244.2 gflops 1,360.0 gflops
Length 11" (280 mm) (27.9 cm) 241 mm
Memory bus width 768-bit (384-bit per GPU) 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1707 MHz 3900 MHz
Memory bandwidth 327.7 GB/s 124.8 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 5.1 4.1
OpenGL 4.2 3.3
OpenCL 1.1 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 1024
Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
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