NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M vs ATI Radeon HD 4890

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M and ATI Radeon HD 4890 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 4890

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 190 Watt

Launch date	1 December 2009 vs 2 April 2009
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 190 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4890

Around 42% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 18% higher texture fill rate: 34.0 GTexel / s vs 28.8 GTexel / s
8.3x more pipelines: 800 vs 96
4.7x better floating-point performance: 1,360.0 gflops vs 288 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Around 95% higher memory clock speed: 3900 MHz vs 2000 MHz
3.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1533 vs 415
Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 68 vs 43
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3348 vs 3259
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3348 vs 3259

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	34.0 GTexel / s vs 28.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	800 vs 96
Floating-point performance	1,360.0 gflops vs 288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Memory clock speed	3900 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1533 vs 415
PassMark - G2D Mark	68 vs 43
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348 vs 3259
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348 vs 3259

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4890

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

415

1533

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3259

3348

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3259

3348

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M	ATI Radeon HD 4890
PassMark - G3D Mark	415	1533
PassMark - G2D Mark	43	68
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1963
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1963
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3259	3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3259	3348

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M	ATI Radeon HD 4890
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G92	RV790
Launch date	1 December 2009	2 April 2009
Place in performance rating	1260	1261
Price now	$49.95
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	22.55
Launch price (MSRP)		$249
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	288 gflops	1,360.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	96	800
Texture fill rate	28.8 GTexel / s	34.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	190 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
Length		241 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	64.0 GB / s	124.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	3900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
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