NVIDIA Quadro K2000M vs ATI Radeon HD 4890

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K2000M 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. 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K2000M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
  • 3.5x lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 190 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • 3.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 256 vs 68
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 June 2012 vs 2 April 2009
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 Watt vs 190 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 256 vs 68
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 vs 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 vs 3348

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4890

  • Around 14% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 745 MHz
  • Around 43% higher texture fill rate: 34.0 GTexel / s vs 23.84 GTexel / s
  • 2.1x more pipelines: 800 vs 384
  • 2.4x better floating-point performance: 1,360.0 gflops vs 572.2 gflops
  • 2.2x more memory clock speed: 3900 MHz vs 1800 MHz
  • Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1533 vs 1011
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 850 MHz vs 745 MHz
Texture fill rate 34.0 GTexel / s vs 23.84 GTexel / s
Pipelines 800 vs 384
Floating-point performance 1,360.0 gflops vs 572.2 gflops
Memory clock speed 3900 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1533 vs 1011

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K2000M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4890

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1011
1533
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
256
68
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3348
Name NVIDIA Quadro K2000M ATI Radeon HD 4890
PassMark - G3D Mark 1011 1533
PassMark - G2D Mark 256 68
Geekbench - OpenCL 3074
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 8.142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 262.321
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.741
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 16.571
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 18.406
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1726
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2207
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1726
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2207
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 3348

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro K2000M ATI Radeon HD 4890

Essentials

Architecture Kepler TeraScale
Code name GK107 RV790
Launch date 1 June 2012 2 April 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $265.27 $249
Place in performance rating 1258 1261
Price now $149.95
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 8.53

Technical info

Core clock speed 745 MHz 850 MHz
Floating-point performance 572.2 gflops 1,360.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 384 800
Texture fill rate 23.84 GTexel / s 34.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 Watt 190 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 959 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Length 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.3
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s 124.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 3900 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Shared memory 0