NVIDIA Quadro M2000 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M2000 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 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 M2000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 45% higher core clock speed: 796 MHz vs 550 MHz
  • 2.6x more texture fill rate: 56.64 GTexel / s vs 22 GTexel / s
  • 2.1x better floating-point performance: 1,812 gflops vs 880.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
  • 3.7x more memory clock speed: 6612 MHz vs 1776 MHz
  • 5.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3985 vs 720
  • Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 561 vs 416
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 April 2016 vs 9 January 2009
Core clock speed 796 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate 56.64 GTexel / s vs 22 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 1,812 gflops vs 880.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 6612 MHz vs 1776 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3985 vs 720
PassMark - G2D Mark 561 vs 416

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870

  • Around 4% higher pipelines: 800 vs 768
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 3325
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 3325
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 800 vs 768
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 vs 3325
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 vs 3325

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M2000
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3985
720
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
561
416
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3325
3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3325
3350
Name NVIDIA Quadro M2000 ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870
PassMark - G3D Mark 3985 720
PassMark - G2D Mark 561 416
Geekbench - OpenCL 14562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 55.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 639.056
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.697
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 35.796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 225.868
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5523
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3325 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5523
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3325 3350

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro M2000 ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell 2.0 TeraScale
Code name GM206 M98
Launch date 8 April 2016 9 January 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $437.75
Place in performance rating 591 594
Price now $409.99
Type Workstation Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 13.23

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1163 MHz
Core clock speed 796 MHz 550 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,812 gflops 880.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 768 800
Texture fill rate 56.64 GTexel / s 22 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt
Transistor count 2,940 million 956 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort, DP DP DP DP No outputs
Number of simultaneous displays 4

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 201 mm
Supplementary power connectors None
Width 1" (2.5 cm)
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12 10.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3
Shader Model 5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 512 MB
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6612 MHz 1776 MHz
Memory type 128 Bit GDDR5
Memory bandwidth 56.8 GB / s
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management
1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI
1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer)
DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600
HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio)
PCI-E 2.0 x16
Powerplay