ATI Radeon HD 4520 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4520 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL.

ATI Radeon HD 4520

NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4520

Around 9% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 4.8 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
5x more pipelines: 80 vs 16
2.2x better floating-point performance: 96 gflops vs 44 gflops
Around 12% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 28 Watt

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	80 vs 16
Floating-point performance	96 gflops vs 44 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 28 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz

Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4520
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4520	NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP
PassMark - G3D Mark		123
PassMark - G2D Mark		75
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1023
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1023
Geekbench - OpenCL		2855

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4520	NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla 2.0
Code name	RV710	GT218
Launch date	2 December 2009	1 December 2009
Place in performance rating	not rated	1599
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$169
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	96 gflops	44 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	80	16
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s	4.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	28 Watt
Transistor count	242 million	260 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3