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AMD Radeon HD 4890

The AMD Radeon HD 4890 is a graphics card released on April 2, 2009. It has 800 shading units, 2 GB of GDDR5 memory, 124.8 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 850 MHz and a 190 W board power rating. It scores 1,546 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 10.1, OpenGL 3.3 and OpenCL 1.0.

RV790 XT
7/10 key specs recorded · 28 facts

Depth: 34 recorded fields, 2 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 7 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

Shading units
800cores
Memory
2 GB
GDDR5
Boost clock
n/a
850 MHz base
Board power
190 W

Performance

The AMD Radeon HD 4890 scores 1,546 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 61.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,169), measured across 1,065 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 65.

PassMark G3D Mark
1,546
Rank #1,169
Faster than 61.7% of 2,658 GPUs
1,065 samples
0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 40 fps reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 53.4% of 1,675 GPUs
DirectX 10 7 fps reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 42.3% of 1,602 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the AMD Radeon HD 4890 averages DirectX 9 40 fps and DirectX 10 7 fps, across 1,065 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop
Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Max memory 2 GB
Core clock 850 MHz
Memory clock 975 MHz
DirectX 10.1
OpenGL 3.3
Max TDP 190 W
First benchmarked 2012-08-17
Samples 1,065

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the AMD Radeon HD 4890 states the PCIe 2.0 x16 interface, up to 2 GB of memory, a core clock of 850 MHz, DirectX 10.1 and OpenGL 3.3, first benchmarked on 2012-08-17. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture Not recorded
Codename RV790 XT
Chip Not recorded
Process node Not recorded
Transistors Not recorded
Die size Not recorded

The AMD Radeon HD 4890 uses the RV790 XT graphics processor.

Shader configuration

Shading units 800
Compute units Not recorded
Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded
Execution units Not recorded
Texture units (TMUs) 40
Render output units (ROPs) 16
Ray tracing cores Not recorded
Tensor / AI cores Not recorded
XMX engines Not recorded
Infinity cache Not recorded

The AMD Radeon HD 4890 has 800 shading units, 40 texture mapping units and 16 render output units.

The AMD Radeon HD 4890 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the AMD Radeon HD 4890.

Clock speeds

Base clock 850 MHz
Boost clock Not recorded
Game clock Not recorded
Memory clock Not recorded
Effective memory clock Not recorded

The AMD Radeon HD 4890 runs at a base clock of 850 MHz.

Memory

Size 2 GB
Type GDDR5
Bus width Not recorded
Bandwidth 124.8 GB/s

The AMD Radeon HD 4890 is equipped with 2 GB of GDDR5 memory and delivers 124.8 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The AMD Radeon HD 4890 has a board power rating of 190 W and it connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 190 W
Total board power Not recorded
Suggested PSU Not recorded
Power connectors Not recorded
Slot width Not recorded
Length Not recorded
Width Not recorded
Height Not recorded
Cooler Not recorded
Max temperature Not recorded
Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Market

Launched April 2, 2009
Launch price $249
Status Not recorded
Form factor Not recorded
Segment Desktop
Series Radeon HD 4000 Series

The AMD Radeon HD 4890 was released on April 2, 2009 and launched at a price of $249.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 1,546
PassMark G2D 65
Rank #1,169
Samples 1,065

Graphics and compute APIs

The AMD Radeon HD 4890 supports DirectX 10.1, OpenGL 3.3 and OpenCL 1.0.

DirectX 10.1
OpenGL 3.3
OpenCL 1.0

CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD Radeon HD 4890. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the AMD Radeon HD 4890.

Naming and aliases

The AMD Radeon HD 4890 is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as ATI Radeon HD 4890.

Other names (PassMark) ATI Radeon HD 4890

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the AMD Radeon HD 4890 have?

The AMD Radeon HD 4890 has 2 GB of GDDR5 memory. Its memory bandwidth is 124.8 GB/s.

How much power does the AMD Radeon HD 4890 use and what power supply does it need?

The AMD Radeon HD 4890 has a board power rating of 190 W.

How fast is the AMD Radeon HD 4890?

The AMD Radeon HD 4890 scores 1,546 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 61.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,169.

What bus interface does the AMD Radeon HD 4890 use?

The AMD Radeon HD 4890 connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.

When was the AMD Radeon HD 4890 released and how much did it cost at launch?

The AMD Radeon HD 4890 was released on April 2, 2009 and launched at a price of $249.

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