AMD Radeon HD 6770M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6770M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6770M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 20% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 602 MHz
  • 2.5x more pipelines: 480 vs 192
  • Around 51% better floating-point performance: 696.0 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
  • 4.3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • 2.3x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • 7.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 572 vs 73
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 January 2011 vs 11 November 2008
Core clock speed 725 MHz vs 602 MHz
Pipelines 480 vs 192
Floating-point performance 696.0 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed 3600 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 572 vs 73

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

  • 2.2x more texture fill rate: 38.5 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 1 GB
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 982 vs 964
  • Around 84% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 15302 vs 8338
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 38.5 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size 1536 MB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 982 vs 964
Geekbench - OpenCL 15302 vs 8338
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3348

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6770M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
964
982
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
572
73
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
8338
15302
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3348
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3348
3358
Name AMD Radeon HD 6770M NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800
PassMark - G3D Mark 964 982
PassMark - G2D Mark 572 73
Geekbench - OpenCL 8338 15302
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.817
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 234.842
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.393
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 15.475
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 33.71
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3348 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3348 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 6770M NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Tesla 2.0
Code name Whistler GT200B
Launch date 4 January 2011 11 November 2008
Place in performance rating 984 1295
Type Laptop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $1,799
Price now $149.99
Value for money (0-100) 8.67

Technical info

Core clock speed 725 MHz 602 MHz
Floating-point performance 696.0 gflops 462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 480 192
Texture fill rate 17.4 GTexel / s 38.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 716 million 1,400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.4 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1536 MB
Memory bandwidth 57.6 GB / s 76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 3600 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Shared memory 0