NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 vs ATI Mobility Radeon 9800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 and ATI Mobility Radeon 9800 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

ATI Mobility Radeon 9800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 72% higher core clock speed: 602 MHz vs 350 MHz
13.8x more texture fill rate: 38.5 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
24x more pipelines: 192 vs 8
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 130 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 256 MB
2.7x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 600 MHz
21.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 986 vs 46

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 November 2008 vs 1 July 2004
Core clock speed	602 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	38.5 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 8
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	986 vs 46

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon 9800

Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 110 vs 64

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	110 vs 64

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon 9800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

986

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

110

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800	ATI Mobility Radeon 9800
PassMark - G3D Mark	986	46
PassMark - G2D Mark	64	110
Geekbench - OpenCL	15302
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800	ATI Mobility Radeon 9800
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	R400
Code name	GT200B	M18
Launch date	11 November 2008	1 July 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,799
Place in performance rating	1312	1313
Price now	$149.99
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	8.67
Technical info
Core clock speed	602 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	192	8
Texture fill rate	38.5 GTexel / s	2.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	160 million
Boost clock speed		350 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB / s	19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	300 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	256
Shared memory		0
Technologies
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