NVIDIA GRID K260Q vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K260Q and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K260Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 49% higher core clock speed: 745 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • 4.8x more texture fill rate: 95.36 GTexel / s vs 20 GTexel / s
  • Around 92% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 800
  • 2.9x better floating-point performance: 2,289 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • 2.9x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1700 MHz
  • 3.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2949 vs 866
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 28 June 2013 vs 9 January 2009
Core clock speed 745 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate 95.36 GTexel / s vs 20 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1536 vs 800
Floating-point performance 2,289 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2949 vs 866

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850

  • Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 472 vs 361
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2486 vs 1954
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2486 vs 1954
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 472 vs 361
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2486 vs 1954
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2486 vs 1954

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K260Q
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2949
866
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
361
472
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1954
2486
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1954
2486
Name NVIDIA GRID K260Q ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850
PassMark - G3D Mark 2949 866
PassMark - G2D Mark 361 472
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1898
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1954 2486
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1954 2486

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GRID K260Q ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850

Essentials

Architecture Kepler TeraScale
Code name GK104 M98
Launch date 28 June 2013 9 January 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $937
Place in performance rating 548 549
Type Workstation Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 745 MHz 500 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,289 gflops 800.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 1536 800
Texture fill rate 95.36 GTexel / s 20 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million 956 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB / s 54.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 1700 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI
1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer)
DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600
HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio)
PCI-E 2.0 x16
Powerplay