NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M vs ATI Radeon HD 4860

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M and ATI Radeon HD 4860 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

ATI Radeon HD 4860

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 29% higher texture fill rate: 28.8 GTexel / s vs 22.4 GTexel / s
Around 73% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 130 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB

Launch date	1 December 2009 vs 9 September 2009
Texture fill rate	28.8 GTexel / s vs 22.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 130 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4860

Around 17% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 600 MHz
6.7x more pipelines: 640 vs 96
3.1x better floating-point performance: 896.0 gflops vs 288 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 3000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 3259
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 3259

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 600 MHz
Pipelines	640 vs 96
Floating-point performance	896.0 gflops vs 288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Memory clock speed	3000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355 vs 3259
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355 vs 3259

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4860

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3259

3355

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3259

3355

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M	ATI Radeon HD 4860
PassMark - G3D Mark	415
PassMark - G2D Mark	50
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1963
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1963
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3259	3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3259	3355

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M	ATI Radeon HD 4860
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G92	RV790
Launch date	1 December 2009	9 September 2009
Place in performance rating	1255	1240
Price now	$49.95
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	22.55
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	700 MHz
Floating-point performance	288 gflops	896.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	96	640
Texture fill rate	28.8 GTexel / s	22.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	130 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	959 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	64.0 GB / s	96.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	3000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
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