NVIDIA Quadro 6000 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro 6000 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 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, 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 6000

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 6000

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 15% higher core clock speed: 574 MHz vs 500 MHz
2x more texture fill rate: 32.1 GTexel / s vs 16 GTexel / s
Around 40% higher pipelines: 448 vs 320
3.2x better floating-point performance: 1,027.7 gflops vs 320.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 512 MB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 2988 MHz vs 1200 MHz
6.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2707 vs 401
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 451 vs 320
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3335 vs 3262
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3335 vs 3262

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 December 2010 vs 9 January 2009
Core clock speed	574 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	32.1 GTexel / s vs 16 GTexel / s
Pipelines	448 vs 320
Floating-point performance	1,027.7 gflops vs 320.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	2988 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2707 vs 401
PassMark - G2D Mark	451 vs 320
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3335 vs 3262
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3335 vs 3262

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

5.8x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 204 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 204 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro 6000
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2707

401

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

451

320

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3335

3262

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3335

3262

Name	NVIDIA Quadro 6000	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
PassMark - G3D Mark	2707	401
PassMark - G2D Mark	451	320
Geekbench - OpenCL	9891
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	24.377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	793.755
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.66
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	34.891
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	90.839
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3501
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3335	3262
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3501
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3335	3262

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro 6000	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	TeraScale
Code name	GF100	M96
Launch date	10 December 2010	9 January 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$4,399
Place in performance rating	774	776
Price now	$332.21
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	12.86
Technical info
Core clock speed	574 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,027.7 gflops	320.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	448	320
Texture fill rate	32.1 GTexel / s	16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	204 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	514 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	248 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	143.4 GB / s	19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2988 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3
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