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).

NVIDIA Quadro K4000M

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

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: 1915 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	1915 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 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 403 vs 298

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 298

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1915

763

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

298

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	1915	763
PassMark - G2D Mark	298	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