ATI Radeon HD 4860 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4860 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Radeon HD 4860

NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4860

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 56% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 450 MHz
12.4x more texture fill rate: 22.4 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
160x more pipelines: 640 vs 4
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
3.3x more memory clock speed: 3000 MHz vs 900 MHz

Launch date	9 September 2009 vs 13 March 2006
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	22.4 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	3000 MHz vs 900 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M

8.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 130 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 130 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4860
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4860	NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355
PassMark - G3D Mark		45
PassMark - G2D Mark		132

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4860	NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RV790	G72
Launch date	9 September 2009	13 March 2006
Place in performance rating	1224	1227
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	896.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	640	4
Texture fill rate	22.4 GTexel / s	1.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	959 million	112 million
Boost clock speed		450 MHz
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
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	96.0 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	350 Bit
Memory clock speed	3000 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	64
Shared memory		no
Technologies
CineFX 4.0
Intellisample 4.0
PowerMizer 6.0
UltraShadow II