ATI Radeon HD 4520 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4520 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 4520

NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4520

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
3x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 75 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 75 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

6x more texture fill rate: 28.8 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 96 vs 80
3x better floating-point performance: 288 gflops vs 96 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 800 MHz

Texture fill rate	28.8 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	96 vs 80
Floating-point performance	288 gflops vs 96 gflops
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4520
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4520	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M
PassMark - G3D Mark		418
PassMark - G2D Mark		44
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1963
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1963
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3259
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3259

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4520	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV710	G92
Launch date	2 December 2009	1 December 2009
Place in performance rating	not rated	1262
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Price now		$49.95
Value for money (0-100)		22.55
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	96 gflops	288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	80	96
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s	28.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	242 million	754 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
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