NVIDIA Quadro 2000 vs ATI Radeon HD 4850

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro 2000 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro 2000

ATI Radeon HD 4850

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 2000

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
Around 77% lower typical power consumption: 62 Watt vs 110 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 31% higher memory clock speed: 2600 MHz vs 1986 MHz
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 946 vs 934
3.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 301 vs 79

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 December 2010 vs 25 June 2008
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	62 Watt vs 110 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	2600 MHz vs 1986 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	946 vs 934
PassMark - G2D Mark	301 vs 79

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4850

Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 25 GTexel / s vs 20 GTexel / s
4.2x more pipelines: 800 vs 192
2.1x better floating-point performance: 1,000.0 gflops vs 480.0 gflops
Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3344 vs 2668
Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3344 vs 2668

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	25 GTexel / s vs 20 GTexel / s
Pipelines	800 vs 192
Floating-point performance	1,000.0 gflops vs 480.0 gflops
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3344 vs 2668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3344 vs 2668

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro 2000
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4850

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

946

934

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

301

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2668

3344

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2668

3344

Name	NVIDIA Quadro 2000	ATI Radeon HD 4850
PassMark - G3D Mark	946	934
PassMark - G2D Mark	301	79
Geekbench - OpenCL	3903
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	10.229
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	258.26
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.885
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	13.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	19.02
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1600
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1682
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2668	3344
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1600
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1682
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2668	3344

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro 2000	ATI Radeon HD 4850
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	TeraScale
Code name	GF106	RV770
Launch date	24 December 2010	25 June 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$599	$199
Place in performance rating	1289	1292
Price now	$87.99
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	17.65
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	480.0 gflops	1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	192	800
Texture fill rate	20 GTexel / s	25 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	62 Watt	110 Watt
Transistor count	1,170 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	178 mm	246 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	41.6 GB / s	63.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2600 MHz	1986 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3