NVIDIA Quadro K4000M vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K4000M and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 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, 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 K4000M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 20% higher core clock speed: 601 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • 2.4x more texture fill rate: 48.08 GTexel / s vs 20 GTexel / s
  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 960 vs 800
  • Around 44% better floating-point performance: 1,154 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1903 vs 763
  • Around 35% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 10.054 vs 7.457
  • Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 544.601 vs 512.081
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3855 vs 1643
  • Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 4957 vs 3314
  • Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 4470 vs 3356
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3855 vs 1643
  • Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 4957 vs 3314
  • Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 4470 vs 3356
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 June 2012 vs 7 January 2010
Core clock speed 601 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate 48.08 GTexel / s vs 20 GTexel / s
Pipelines 960 vs 800
Floating-point performance 1,154 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1903 vs 763
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 10.054 vs 7.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 544.601 vs 512.081
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3855 vs 1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4957 vs 3314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4470 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3855 vs 1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4957 vs 3314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4470 vs 3356

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

  • 3.3x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 100 Watt
  • Around 43% higher memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 2800 MHz
  • Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 403 vs 296
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt vs 100 Watt
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 2800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 403 vs 296

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K4000M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1903
763
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
296
403
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10.054
7.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
544.601
512.081
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3855
1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4957
3314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4470
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3855
1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4957
3314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4470
3356
Name NVIDIA Quadro K4000M ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850
PassMark - G3D Mark 1903 763
PassMark - G2D Mark 296 403
Geekbench - OpenCL 5827
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 10.054 7.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 544.601 512.081
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.46
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 22.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 36.553
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3855 1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4957 3314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4470 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3855 1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4957 3314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4470 3356

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro K4000M ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

Essentials

Architecture Kepler TeraScale 2
Code name GK104 Broadway
Launch date 1 June 2012 7 January 2010
Place in performance rating 851 853
Type Mobile workstation Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 601 MHz 500 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,154 gflops 800.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 960 800
Texture fill rate 48.08 GTexel / s 20 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt 30 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million 1,040 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 89.6 GB / s 64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2800 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

HDMI 1.3a