ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670 Mac Edition vs Quadro NVS 150M
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1491 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.32 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | TeraScale (2005−2013) |
| GPU code name | G98 | M96 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 15 August 2008 (17 years ago) | 16 September 2009 (16 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 8 | 320 |
| Core clock speed | 530 MHz | 680 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 210 million | 514 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | 35 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 2.120 | 21.76 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.0208 TFLOPS | 0.4352 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| TMUs | 4 | 32 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 64 KB |
| L2 Cache | 16 KB | 128 KB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | MXM-I | MXM-A (3.0) |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 700 MHz | 790 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 11.2 GB/s | 25.28 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 10.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | 1.1 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 15 August 2008 | 16 September 2009 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | 35 Watt |
NVS 150M has 250% lower power consumption.
ATI Mobility HD 4670 Mac Edition, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 18% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro NVS 150M and Mobility Radeon HD 4670 Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro NVS 150M is a mobile workstation graphics card while Mobility Radeon HD 4670 Mac Edition is a mobile workstation one.
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