ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850

NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 67% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 300 MHz
8.3x more texture fill rate: 20 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 110 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
3.4x more memory clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 500 MHz
10.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 866 vs 81
Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 472 vs 294

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 January 2009 vs 9 August 2004
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	20 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	866 vs 81
PassMark - G2D Mark	472 vs 294

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

866

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

472

294

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850	NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
PassMark - G3D Mark	866	81
PassMark - G2D Mark	472	294
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2486
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2486

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850	NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	M98	NV43 A2
Launch date	9 January 2009	9 August 2004
Place in performance rating	549	550
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Price now		$59.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.71
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	800.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	800
Texture fill rate	20 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	956 million	146 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		25 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Length		198 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	54.4 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI
1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer)
DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600
HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio)
PCI-E 2.0 x16
Powerplay