NVIDIA Quadro M4000M vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M4000M and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA Quadro M4000M

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M4000M

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 95% higher core clock speed: 975 MHz vs 500 MHz
3.9x more texture fill rate: 78 GTexel / s vs 20 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 1,280 vs 800
3.1x better floating-point performance: 2,496 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
2.9x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1700 MHz
7.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6186 vs 866
Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3093 vs 2486
Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3093 vs 2486

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 August 2015 vs 9 January 2009
Core clock speed	975 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	78 GTexel / s vs 20 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1,280 vs 800
Floating-point performance	2,496 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6186 vs 866
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3093 vs 2486
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3093 vs 2486

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850

Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 472 vs 417

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	472 vs 417

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M4000M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6186

866

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

417

472

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3093

2486

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3093

2486

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M4000M	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850
PassMark - G3D Mark	6186	866
PassMark - G2D Mark	417	472
Geekbench - OpenCL	19212
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	81.104
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1235.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.157
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	68.443
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	251.464
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7602
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2749
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3093	2486
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7602
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2749
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3093	2486
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro M4000M	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GM204	M98
Launch date	18 August 2015	9 January 2009
Place in performance rating	552	549
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1013 MHz
Core clock speed	975 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,496 gflops	800.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1,280	800
Texture fill rate	78 GTexel / s	20 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Display Port	1.2
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Shader Model	5.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	160 GB / s	54.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus
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