ATI Mobility FireGL V5000 vs NVIDIA Quadro4 380 XGL

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility FireGL V5000 and NVIDIA Quadro4 380 XGL videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Mobility FireGL V5000

NVIDIA Quadro4 380 XGL

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility FireGL V5000

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 27% higher core clock speed: 350 MHz vs 275 MHz
2.5x more texture fill rate: 2.8 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 150 nm
Around 66% higher memory clock speed: 850 MHz vs 512 MHz
11.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 82 vs 7

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 February 2005 vs 12 November 2002
Core clock speed	350 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.8 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 150 nm
Memory clock speed	850 MHz vs 512 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	82 vs 7

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro4 380 XGL

Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 225 vs 223

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	225 vs 223

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility FireGL V5000
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro4 380 XGL

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

223

225

Name	ATI Mobility FireGL V5000	NVIDIA Quadro4 380 XGL
PassMark - G3D Mark	82	7
PassMark - G2D Mark	223	225

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility FireGL V5000	NVIDIA Quadro4 380 XGL
Essentials
Architecture	R400	Celsius
Code name	M26	NV18 A4
Launch date	3 February 2005	12 November 2002
Place in performance rating	785	787
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	350 MHz
Core clock speed	350 MHz	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	8
Texture fill rate	2.8 GTexel / s	1.1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	120 million	29 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0b	8.0
OpenGL	2.0	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	13.6 GB / s	8.19 GB / s
Memory bus width	350 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	850 MHz	512 MHz
Memory type	128	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
PCIe