NVIDIA Quadro K4000 vs ATI Radeon HD 4890

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K4000 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA Quadro K4000

ATI Radeon HD 4890

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K4000

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 52% higher texture fill rate: 51.84 GTexel / s vs 34.0 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
2.4x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 190 Watt
3x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 1 GB
Around 44% higher memory clock speed: 5616 MHz vs 3900 MHz
Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2721 vs 1539
6.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 424 vs 66

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 March 2013 vs 2 April 2009
Texture fill rate	51.84 GTexel / s vs 34.0 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 190 Watt
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5616 MHz vs 3900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2721 vs 1539
PassMark - G2D Mark	424 vs 66

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4890

Around 5% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 810 MHz
Around 4% higher pipelines: 800 vs 768
Around 9% better floating-point performance: 1,360.0 gflops vs 1,244 gflops
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3348 vs 3321
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3348 vs 3321

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 810 MHz
Pipelines	800 vs 768
Floating-point performance	1,360.0 gflops vs 1,244 gflops
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348 vs 3321
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348 vs 3321

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K4000
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4890

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2721

1539

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

424

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3321

3348

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3321

3348

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K4000	ATI Radeon HD 4890
PassMark - G3D Mark	2721	1539
PassMark - G2D Mark	424	66
Geekbench - OpenCL	6674
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	18.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	427.88
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	23.742
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	61.965
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3798
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3651
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3321	3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3798
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3651
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3321	3348
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	817

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K4000	ATI Radeon HD 4890
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale
Code name	GK106	RV790
Launch date	1 March 2013	2 April 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,269	$249
Place in performance rating	866	1258
Price now	$225.65
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	14.81
Technical info
Core clock speed	810 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,244 gflops	1,360.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	768	800
Texture fill rate	51.84 GTexel / s	34.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	190 Watt
Transistor count	2,540 million	959 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	241 mm	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	134.8 GB / s	124.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5616 MHz	3900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5