NVIDIA Quadro M2000 vs ATI Radeon HD 4870

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M2000 and ATI 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) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 6% higher core clock speed: 796 MHz vs 750 MHz
  • Around 89% higher texture fill rate: 56.64 GTexel / s vs 30 GTexel / s
  • Around 51% better floating-point performance: 1,812 gflops vs 1,200.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 84% higher memory clock speed: 6612 MHz vs 3600 MHz
  • 2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3997 vs 1367
  • 12.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 569 vs 46
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 April 2016 vs 25 June 2008
Core clock speed 796 MHz vs 750 MHz
Texture fill rate 56.64 GTexel / s vs 30 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 1,812 gflops vs 1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 6612 MHz vs 3600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3997 vs 1367
PassMark - G2D Mark 569 vs 46

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870

  • Around 4% higher pipelines: 800 vs 768
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3346 vs 3325
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3346 vs 3325
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 800 vs 768
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3346 vs 3325
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3346 vs 3325

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3997
1367
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
569
46
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3325
3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3325
3346
Name NVIDIA Quadro M2000 ATI Radeon HD 4870
PassMark - G3D Mark 3997 1367
PassMark - G2D Mark 569 46
Geekbench - OpenCL 14020
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 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5523
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3325 3346

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro M2000 ATI Radeon HD 4870

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell 2.0 TeraScale
Code name GM206 RV770
Launch date 8 April 2016 25 June 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $437.75 $299
Place in performance rating 580 1325
Price now $409.99
Type Workstation Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 13.23

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1163 MHz
Core clock speed 796 MHz 750 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,812 gflops 1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 768 800
Texture fill rate 56.64 GTexel / s 30 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 2,940 million 956 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort, DP DP DP DP 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Number of simultaneous displays 4

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 201 mm 250 mm
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Width 1" (2.5 cm)

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 3600 MHz
Memory type 128 Bit GDDR5
Memory bandwidth 115.2 GB / s

Technologies

3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management