AMD FirePro V4900 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X700 XL

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro V4900 and ATI Mobility Radeon X700 XL videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD FirePro V4900

ATI Mobility Radeon X700 XL

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro V4900

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 350 MHz
6.9x more texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
6.1x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 660 MHz
16.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1006 vs 60
Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 320 vs 189

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 November 2011 vs 1 March 2005
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 660 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1006 vs 60
PassMark - G2D Mark	320 vs 189

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro V4900
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X700 XL

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1006

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

320

189

Name	AMD FirePro V4900	ATI Mobility Radeon X700 XL
PassMark - G3D Mark	1006	60
PassMark - G2D Mark	320	189
Geekbench - OpenCL	1927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	6.303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	392.237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.597
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	17.874
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	72.818
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3753
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7745
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3753
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	7745

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro V4900	ATI Mobility Radeon X700 XL
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	R400
Code name	Turks	M26
Launch date	1 November 2011	1 March 2005
Place in performance rating	957	960
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	768.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	480
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	2.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	716 million	120 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	163 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0b
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	64.0 GB / s	10.56 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	660 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR