Quadro 4000M vs Radeon HD 4850 X2

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro 4000M and Radeon HD 4850 X2. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Quadro 4000M and Radeon HD 4850 X2. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
Radeon HD 4850 X2

Quadro 4000M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro 4000M is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Quadro 4000M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro 4000M Radeon HD 4850 X2
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 250 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Display Connectors No outputs 4x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • Radeon HD 4850 X2 has 150% more power consumption, than Quadro 4000M.
  • Quadro 4000M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 4850 X2 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon HD 4850 X2 has 510 GB more memory, than Quadro 4000M.
  • Quadro 4000M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 4850 X2 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro 4000M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 4850 X2 - with TeraScale.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 4850 X2 is 150 MHz higher, than Quadro 4000M.
  • Quadro 4000M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 4850 X2 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 4850 X2 is 790 MHz higher, than Quadro 4000M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 3−4
ultra / 1080p 1−2 2−3
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 14−16
medium / 1080p 5−6 5−6
Quadro 4000M and Radeon HD 4850 X2 have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  Quadro 4000M Radeon HD 4850 X2
Architecture Fermi TeraScale
Code name Fermi R700
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 22 February 2011 7 November 2008
Pipelines 336 800
Core clock speed 475 MHz 625 MHz
Transistor count 1,950 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 26.60 25.00
Floating-point performance 638.4 gflops 2x 1,000.0 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz 1990 MHz
Memory bandwidth 80 GB/s 63.68 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 5.1 4.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.3
OpenCL 1.1 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA 2.1
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 82 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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