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).

ATI Radeon HD 4850

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

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
466.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 933 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	933 vs 2

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

11x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 110 Watt
Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 119 vs 80

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 110 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	119 vs 80

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

933

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

119

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4850	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD
PassMark - G3D Mark	933	2
PassMark - G2D Mark	80	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	1278	1281
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