NVIDIA Quadro M4000M vs ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M4000M and ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M4000M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 39% higher core clock speed: 975 MHz vs 700 MHz
  • Around 11% better floating-point performance: 2,496 gflops vs 2x 1,120.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
  • 2.9x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 286 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2x 1 GB
  • Around 39% higher memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 3600 MHz
  • 4.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6226 vs 1309
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 August 2015 vs 12 August 2008
Core clock speed 975 MHz vs 700 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,496 gflops vs 2x 1,120.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 286 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2x 1 GB
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz vs 3600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 6226 vs 1309

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

  • 2.9x more texture fill rate: 2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 78 GTexel / s
  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 2x 800 vs 1,280
  • Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 565 vs 423
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3323 vs 3093
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3323 vs 3093
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 78 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2x 800 vs 1,280
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 565 vs 423
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3323 vs 3093
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3323 vs 3093

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M4000M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6226
1309
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
423
565
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3093
3323
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3093
3323
Name NVIDIA Quadro M4000M ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark 6226 1309
PassMark - G2D Mark 423 565
Geekbench - OpenCL 18998
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 3323
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7602
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2749
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3093 3323
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro M4000M ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell 2.0 TeraScale
Code name GM204 R700
Launch date 18 August 2015 12 August 2008
Place in performance rating 547 438
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $550

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1013 MHz
Core clock speed 975 MHz 700 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,496 gflops 2x 1,120.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 1,280 2x 800
Texture fill rate 78 GTexel / s 2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt 286 Watt
Transistor count 5,200 million 956 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Display Port 1.2

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length 267 mm

API support

DirectX 12 10.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3
Shader Model 5.0
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2x 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 160 GB / s 2x 115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 3600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus