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).

ATI Radeon HD 4850

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M

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: 935 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	935 vs 238

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M

3.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 110 Watt
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 111 vs 80

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 110 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	111 vs 80

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

935

238

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

111

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4850	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M
PassMark - G3D Mark	935	238
PassMark - G2D Mark	80	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	1277	1278
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