Quadro T1000 Max-Q vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850 Mac Edition
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 367 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 24.61 |
| Architecture | TeraScale (2005−2013) | Turing (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | M98 | TU117 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 28 August 2009 (16 years ago) | 27 May 2019 (6 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 800 | 896 |
| Core clock speed | 503 MHz | 765 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1350 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 956 million | 4,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 20.12 | 75.60 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.8048 TFLOPS | 2.419 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| TMUs | 40 | 56 |
| L1 Cache | 160 KB | 896 KB |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | 1024 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).
| Laptop size | no data | medium sized |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 850 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 54.4 GB/s | 80 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 | 10.1 (10_1) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2 |
| CUDA | - | 7.5 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 28 August 2009 | 27 May 2019 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 12 nm |
T1000 Max-Q has an age advantage of 9 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 358% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Mobility Radeon HD 4850 Mac Edition and Quadro T1000 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 4850 Mac Edition is a notebook graphics card while Quadro T1000 Max-Q is a mobile workstation one.
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