ATI Radeon HD 4850 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4850 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M 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 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 39% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 450 MHz
  • 2.3x more texture fill rate: 25 GTexel / s vs 10.8 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
  • Around 66% higher memory clock speed: 1986 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • 3.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 934 vs 238
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 25 June 2008 vs 21 August 2006
Core clock speed 625 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate 25 GTexel / s vs 10.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size 512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 1986 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 934 vs 238

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M

  • 3.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 110 Watt
  • Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 111 vs 79
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 110 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 111 vs 79

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4850
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
934
238
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
79
111
Name ATI Radeon HD 4850 NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M
PassMark - G3D Mark 934 238
PassMark - G2D Mark 79 111
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3344
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3344

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon HD 4850 NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale Curie
Code name RV770 G71
Launch date 25 June 2008 21 August 2006
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Place in performance rating 1278 1279
Type Desktop Workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 625 MHz 450 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 800
Texture fill rate 25 GTexel / s 10.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 110 Watt 35 Watt
Transistor count 956 million 278 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 246 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 10.1 9.0c
OpenGL 3.3 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 63.6 GB / s 19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1986 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3