NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X1400

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 and ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

ATI Mobility Radeon X1400

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 35% higher core clock speed: 602 MHz vs 445 MHz
21.6x more texture fill rate: 38.5 GTexel / s vs 1.78 GTexel / s
48x more pipelines: 192 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 128 MB
3.2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 500 MHz
23.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 994 vs 43
13.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 252
13.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 252

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 November 2008 vs 19 January 2006
Core clock speed	602 MHz vs 445 MHz
Texture fill rate	38.5 GTexel / s vs 1.78 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	994 vs 43
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 252
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 252

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X1400

3.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 226 vs 62

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	226 vs 62

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X1400

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

994

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

226

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

252

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

252

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800	ATI Mobility Radeon X1400
PassMark - G3D Mark	994	43
PassMark - G2D Mark	62	226
Geekbench - OpenCL	15302
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358	252
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358	252

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800	ATI Mobility Radeon X1400
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	R500
Code name	GT200B	M54
Launch date	11 November 2008	19 January 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,799
Place in performance rating	1313	1315
Price now	$149.99
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	8.67
Technical info
Core clock speed	602 MHz	445 MHz
Floating-point performance	462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	192	4
Texture fill rate	38.5 GTexel / s	1.78 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	107 million
Boost clock speed		445 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	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	250 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	128
Shared memory		0