Radeon HD 4890 vs Radeon R7 250
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 4890 and Radeon R7 250, 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 Radeon HD 4890 stacks up against Radeon R7 250, check out specs charts below.
Main Specs
Radeon HD 4890
Radeon R7 250
Power consumption (TDP)
190 Watt
75 Watt
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
N/A
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
2 GB
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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Radeon HD 4890 has 153% more power consumption, than Radeon R7 250.
Radeon HD 4890 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R7 250 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
Radeon R7 250 has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 4890.
Both cards are used in Desktops.
Radeon HD 4890 is build with TeraScale architecture, and Radeon R7 250 - with GCN.
Radeon HD 4890 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 250 - by 28 nm process technology.
Radeon HD 4890 is 73 mm longer, than Radeon R7 250.
Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 4890 is 2750 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 250.
Game benchmarks
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Battlefield 5
Call of Duty: Warzone
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Cyberpunk 2077
Dota 2
Far Cry 5
Fortnite
Forza Horizon 4
Grand Theft Auto V
Metro Exodus
Minecraft
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
Red Dead Redemption 2
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
World of Tanks
high / 1080p
7−8
3−4
ultra / 1080p
4−5
1−2
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
16−18
14−16
medium / 1080p
8−9
5−6
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 4890 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 50% more, than Radeon R7 250.
high / 1080p
12−14
6−7
ultra / 1080p
10−11
4−5
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
24−27
18−20
medium / 1080p
12−14
7−8
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 4890 in Battlefield 5 is 66% more, than Radeon R7 250.
low / 768p
45−50
50−55
high / 1080p
45−50
40−45
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
Radeon HD 4890 and Radeon R7 250 have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone.
low / 768p
140−150
120−130
medium / 768p
110−120
90−95
ultra / 1080p
55−60
45−50
QHD / 1440p
30−33
24−27
4K / 2160p
27−30
−
high / 768p
80−85
65−70
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 4890 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 21% more, than Radeon R7 250.
low / 768p
55−60
60−65
ultra / 1080p
20−22
21−24
medium / 1080p
45−50
40−45
Radeon HD 4890 and Radeon R7 250 have the same average FPS in Cyberpunk 2077.
low / 768p
80−85
80−85
medium / 768p
60−65
55−60
ultra / 1080p
35−40
27−30
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 4890 in Dota 2 is 7% more, than Radeon R7 250.
high / 1080p
8−9
4−5
ultra / 1080p
8−9
4−5
4K / 2160p
3−4
2−3
low / 720p
18−20
14−16
medium / 1080p
9−10
5−6
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 4890 in Far Cry 5 is 50% more, than Radeon R7 250.
high / 1080p
14−16
10−12
ultra / 1080p
10−11
7−8
QHD / 1440p
−
1−2
low / 720p
60−65
50−55
medium / 1080p
24−27
16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 4890 in Fortnite is 27% more, than Radeon R7 250.
high / 1080p
12−14
8−9
ultra / 1080p
10−12
7−8
QHD / 1440p
1−2
3−4
4K / 2160p
−
3−4
low / 720p
27−30
21−24
medium / 1080p
14−16
10−11
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 4890 in Forza Horizon 4 is 30% more, than Radeon R7 250.
low / 768p
50−55
45−50
medium / 768p
45−50
35−40
high / 1080p
12−14
8−9
ultra / 1080p
6−7
4−5
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 4890 in Grand Theft Auto V is 20% more, than Radeon R7 250.
high / 1080p
5−6
2−3
ultra / 1080p
3−4
1−2
4K / 2160p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
12−14
9−10
medium / 1080p
6−7
4−5
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 4890 in Metro Exodus is 75% more, than Radeon R7 250.
low / 768p
95−100
90−95
high / 1080p
90−95
85−90
ultra / 1080p
80−85
80−85
medium / 1080p
90−95
−
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 4890 in Minecraft is 3% more, than Radeon R7 250.
high / 1080p
16−18
−
ultra / 1080p
14−16
12−14
low / 720p
30−35
27−30
medium / 1080p
18−20
14−16
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 4890 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 22% more, than Radeon R7 250.
high / 1080p
−
5−6
ultra / 1080p
7−8
3−4
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
12−14
7−8
medium / 1080p
10−12
7−8
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 4890 in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 66% more, than Radeon R7 250.
low / 768p
24−27
18−20
medium / 768p
16−18
12−14
high / 1080p
9−10
6−7
ultra / 1080p
6−7
4−5
4K / 2160p
6−7
0−1
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 4890 in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 40% more, than Radeon R7 250.
low / 768p
85−90
70−75
medium / 768p
45−50
35−40
ultra / 1080p
20−22
16−18
high / 768p
35−40
30−35
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 4890 in World of Tanks is 23% more, than Radeon R7 250.
Full Specs
Radeon HD 4890
Radeon R7 250
Architecture
TeraScale
GCN
Code name
RV790
Oland XT
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
2 April 2009
1 October 2013
Pipelines
800
384
Core clock speed
850 MHz
Boost Clock
1050 MHz
Transistor count
959 million
950 million
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
28 nm
Texture fill rate
34.00
25.20
Floating-point performance
1,360.0 gflops
716.8 gflops
Length
241 mm
168 mm
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
3900 MHz
1150 MHz
Memory bandwidth
124.8 GB/s
72 GB/s
Shared memory
-
DirectX
10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model
4.1
5.1
OpenGL
3.3
4.6
OpenCL
1.1
1.2
Vulkan
N/A
FreeSync
+
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
HDMI
+
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)
117 Mh/s
Design
reference
CrossFire
+
DDMA audio
+
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto)
3 Mh/s
AppAcceleration
+
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