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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

Performance Comparison

ATI Radeon HD 4890

64%
64%

AMD Radeon HD 6950

156%
156%
AMD Radeon HD 6950 is approximately 92% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationATI Radeon HD 4890AMD Radeon HD 6950
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
RV790
Cayman
CoresDifferent
800
1408
TMUsDifferent
40
88
ROPsDifferent
16
32
Memory SizeDifferent
1024 MB
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Bus Width
256 bit
256 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureATI Radeon HD 4890AMD Radeon HD 6950
GPU NameDifferent
RV790
Cayman
GPU VariantDifferent
RV790 XT(215-0758016)
Cayman PRO(215-0807019)
ArchitectureDifferent
TeraScale
TeraScale 3
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
55 nm
40 nm
TransistorsDifferent
959 million
2,640 million
DensityDifferent
3.4M / mm²
6.8M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
282 mm²
389 mm²

Graphics Card

FeatureATI Radeon HD 4890AMD Radeon HD 6950
Release DateDifferent
Apr 2nd, 2009
Dec 14th, 2010
GenerationDifferent
Radeon R700(HD 4800)
Northern Islands(HD 6900)
PredecessorDifferent
Radeon R600
Evergreen
SuccessorDifferent
Evergreen
Southern Islands
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
249 USD
299 USD
Bus Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
114 in our database
111 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureATI Radeon HD 4890AMD Radeon HD 6950
GPU ClockDifferent
850 MHz
800 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
975 MHz3.9 Gbps effective
1250 MHz5 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureATI Radeon HD 4890AMD Radeon HD 6950
Memory SizeDifferent
1024 MB
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Bus
256 bit
256 bit
BandwidthDifferent
124.8 GB/s
160.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureATI Radeon HD 4890AMD Radeon HD 6950
Shading UnitsDifferent
800
1408
TMUsDifferent
40
88
ROPsDifferent
16
32
Compute UnitsDifferent
10
22
L1 CacheDifferent
16 KB (per CU)
8 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
256 KB
512 KB

Theoretical Performance

FeatureATI Radeon HD 4890AMD Radeon HD 6950
Pixel RateDifferent
13.60 GPixel/s
25.60 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
34.00 GTexel/s
70.40 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)Different
1,360.0 GFLOPS
2.253 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
272.0 GFLOPS (1:5)
563.2 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureATI Radeon HD 4890AMD Radeon HD 6950
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
241 mm9.5 inches
286 mm11.3 inches
HeightDifferent
111 mm4.4 inches
126 mm5 inches
WidthDifferent
40 mm1.6 inches
42 mm1.7 inches
TDPDifferent
190 W
200 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
450 W
550 W
OutputsDifferent
2x DVI1x S-Video
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Power Connectors
2x 6-pin
2x 6-pin
Board NumberDifferent
109-B79031-00
109-C21647-00

Graphics Features

FeatureATI Radeon HD 4890AMD Radeon HD 6950
DirectXDifferent
10.1 (10_1)
11.2 (11_0)
OpenGLDifferent
3.3
4.4
OpenCLDifferent
1.1
1.2
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
Shader ModelDifferent
4.1
5.0

Comparison Summary

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