ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 vs NVIDIA Quadro 4000M
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | M98 | GF104 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | M98 XT (216-0732023) | N12E-Q3-A1 |
| Architecture | TeraScale | Fermi |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 55 nm | 40 nm |
| Number of transistors | 956 million | 1,950 million |
| Die size | 256 mm² | 332 mm² |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Jan 9th, 2009 | Feb 22nd, 2011 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | M9x (Mobility HD 4800) | Quadro Mobile (x000M) |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Reviews | 2 in our database | 26 in our database |
| Predecessor | M8x | Quadro FX Mobile |
| Successor | Manhattan | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 550 MHz | 475 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 700 MHz 2.8 Gbps effective | 625 MHz 2.5 Gbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 950 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 1024 MB | 2 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 89.60 GB/s | 80.00 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 800 | 336 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 40 | 56 |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| Compute units | 10 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | 64 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | 256 KB | 512 KB |
| SM count | — | 7 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 8.800 GPixel/s | 6.650 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 22.00 GTexel/s | 26.60 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 880.0 GFLOPS | 638.4 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 176.0 GFLOPS (1:5) | 53.20 GFLOPS (1:12) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| TDP | unknown | 100 W |
|---|---|---|
| Outputs | No outputs | No outputs |
| Slot width | — | MXM Module |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 10.1 (10_1) | 12 (11_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 4.1 | 5.1 |
| CUDA | — | 2.1 |
