ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
13.3x lower typical power consumption: 17 Watt vs 226 Watt

Launch date	1 April 2010 vs 18 April 2008
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	17 Watt vs 226 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2

Around 20% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 500 MHz
59.6x more texture fill rate: 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4 GTexel / s
3.2x more pipelines: 2x 128 vs 80
9.6x better floating-point performance: 2x 384.0 gflops vs 80 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 2x 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 509 vs 352
4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 676 vs 170

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 128 vs 80
Floating-point performance	2x 384.0 gflops vs 80 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	509 vs 352
PassMark - G3D Mark	676 vs 170

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

352

509

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

170

676

Name	ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2
PassMark - G2D Mark	352	509
PassMark - G3D Mark	170	676
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		4196
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		4196

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Cedar	G92
Launch date	1 April 2010	18 April 2008
Place in performance rating	446	467
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,999
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	80 gflops	2x 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	80	2x 128
Texture fill rate	4 GTexel / s	2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	17 Watt	226 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	754 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	170 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	2x 1 GB
Memory bandwidth	32.0 GB / s	2x 51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3