ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M 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 4870

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 47% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 375 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 22 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
40x more pipelines: 800 vs 20
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 1776 MHz vs 1000 MHz
4.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 720 vs 171
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 416 vs 275

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 January 2009 vs 18 April 2006
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 375 MHz
Texture fill rate	22 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
Pipelines	800 vs 20
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Memory clock speed	1776 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	720 vs 171
PassMark - G2D Mark	416 vs 275

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

720

171

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

416

275

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
PassMark - G3D Mark	720	171
PassMark - G2D Mark	416	275
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	M98	G71
Launch date	9 January 2009	18 April 2006
Place in performance rating	594	595
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	375 MHz
Floating-point performance	880.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	800	20
Texture fill rate	22 GTexel / s	9 GTexel / s
Transistor count	956 million	278 million
Boost clock speed		375 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		45 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Laptop size	large	large
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	56.8 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	500 Bit
Memory clock speed	1776 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256
Shared memory	0	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