ATI Radeon HD 4870 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4870 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 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 4870

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 67% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 450 MHz
3.3x more texture fill rate: 30 GTexel / s vs 9 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
2.7x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1320 MHz
5.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1386 vs 260
3.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3346 vs 882
3.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3346 vs 882

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 June 2008 vs 22 May 2006
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	30 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1386 vs 260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346 vs 882
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346 vs 882

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500

Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 88% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 81 vs 43

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	81 vs 43

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4870
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1386

260

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3346

882

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3346

882

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4870	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500
PassMark - G3D Mark	1386	260
PassMark - G2D Mark	43	81
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346	882
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346	882

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4870	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RV770	G71
Launch date	25 June 2008	22 May 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$299	$1,599
Place in performance rating	1329	1566
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Price now		$129.98
Value for money (0-100)		2.07
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	800
Texture fill rate	30 GTexel / s	9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count	956 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	250 mm	173 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	115.2 GB / s	42.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	1320 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3