GeForce 9800 GTX vs Radeon HD 4890

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 9800 GTX and Radeon HD 4890. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce 9800 GTX and Radeon HD 4890. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  GeForce 9800 GTX Radeon HD 4890
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 190 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • Radeon HD 4890 has 35% more power consumption, than GeForce 9800 GTX.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce 9800 GTX has 511 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 4890.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce 9800 GTX is build with Tesla architecture, and Radeon HD 4890 - with TeraScale.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 9800 GTX is 838 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4890.
  • GeForce 9800 GTX is manufactured by 65 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 4890 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 4890 is 231 mm longer, than GeForce 9800 GTX.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 4890 is 2800 MHz higher, than GeForce 9800 GTX.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 7−8
ultra / 1080p 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 16−18
medium / 1080p 0−1 8−9
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 4890 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1600% more, than GeForce 9800 GTX.

Full Specs

  GeForce 9800 GTX Radeon HD 4890
Architecture Tesla TeraScale
Code name G92 RV790
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 28 March 2008 2 April 2009
Pipelines 128 800
Core clock speed 1688 MHz 850 MHz
Transistor count 754 million 959 million
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 43.2 billion/sec 34.00
Floating-point performance 432.1 gflops 1,360.0 gflops
Length 10.5" (26.7 cm) 241 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1100 MHz 3900 MHz
Memory bandwidth 70.4 GB/s 124.8 GB/s
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 4.0 4.1
OpenGL 2.1 3.3
OpenCL 1.1 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 128
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI Via Adapter
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI S/PDIF
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