ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440 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.

ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 250 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
Around 82% lower typical power consumption: 17 Watt vs 31 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 2x 128 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 500 MHz
4.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 170 vs 38

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 April 2010 vs 9 March 2009
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	17 Watt vs 31 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 2x 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	170 vs 38

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440

5.5x more texture fill rate: 2x 2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4 GTexel / s
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 358 vs 352

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	358 vs 352

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

352

358

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

170

Name	ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440
PassMark - G2D Mark	352	358
PassMark - G3D Mark	170	38

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Curie
Code name	Cedar	NV43 A4
Launch date	1 April 2010	9 March 2009
Place in performance rating	480	481
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$96.99
Price now		$93.61
Value for money (0-100)		0.53
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	250 MHz
Floating-point performance	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	80
Texture fill rate	4 GTexel / s	2x 2 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	17 Watt	31 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort	2x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	170 mm	187 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	2x 128 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.0 GB / s	2x 8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3