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).

NVIDIA GRID K260Q

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850

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	547	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