NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M vs ATI Radeon HD 4850

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M and ATI 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M

ATI Radeon HD 4850

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 625 MHz
Around 52% higher texture fill rate: 38 billion / sec vs 25 GTexel / s
Around 47% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 110 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 128 vs 78

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2010 vs 25 June 2008
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	38 billion / sec vs 25 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 110 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	128 vs 78

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4850

6.3x more pipelines: 800 vs 128
2.6x better floating-point performance: 1,000.0 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 937 vs 636
Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3344 vs 2172
Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3344 vs 2172

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	800 vs 128
Floating-point performance	1,000.0 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	937 vs 636
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3344 vs 2172
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3344 vs 2172

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4850

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

636

937

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

128

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2172

3344

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2172

3344

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M	ATI Radeon HD 4850
PassMark - G3D Mark	636	937
PassMark - G2D Mark	128	78
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2172	3344
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2172	3344

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M	ATI Radeon HD 4850
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G92	RV770
Launch date	1 February 2010	25 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1291	1292
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Technical info
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	625 MHz
CUDA cores	128
Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops	1,000.0 gflops
Gigaflops	576
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	128	800
Texture fill rate	38 billion / sec	25 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	110 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	Single Link DVIVGALVDSHDMIDual Link DVIDisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options	2-way
Length		246 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.1
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	61 GB / s	63.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		1986 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0