ATI Radeon HD 4850 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4850 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4850

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 2.5x more core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 250 MHz
  • 25x more texture fill rate: 25 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 150 nm
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 64 MB
  • 5x more memory clock speed: 1986 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • 468.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 937 vs 2
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 25 June 2008 vs 31 May 2005
Core clock speed 625 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate 25 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size 512 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed 1986 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 937 vs 2

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

  • 11x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 110 Watt
  • Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 119 vs 78
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 110 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 119 vs 78

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4850
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
937
2
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
78
119
Name ATI Radeon HD 4850 NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD
PassMark - G3D Mark 937 2
PassMark - G2D Mark 78 119
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3344
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3344

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon HD 4850 NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale Celsius
Code name RV770 NV18 C1
Launch date 25 June 2008 31 May 2005
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Place in performance rating 1292 1280
Type Desktop Workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 625 MHz 250 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 150 nm
Pipelines 800
Texture fill rate 25 GTexel / s 1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 110 Watt 10 Watt
Transistor count 956 million 29 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video 1x DMS-59

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 AGP 8x
Length 246 mm 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin None

API support

DirectX 10.1 8.0
OpenGL 3.3 1.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 64 MB
Memory bandwidth 63.6 GB / s 3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1986 MHz 400 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 DDR