AMD FirePro M2000 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M2000 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M2000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 30% higher texture fill rate: 12 GTexel / s vs 9.2 GTexel / s
  • 15x more pipelines: 480 vs 32
  • 6.5x better floating-point performance: 480.0 gflops vs 73.6 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • 2.3x more memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 1400 MHz
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 425 vs 208
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 206 vs 84
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 July 2012 vs 9 June 2007
Texture fill rate 12 GTexel / s vs 9.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 480 vs 32
Floating-point performance 480.0 gflops vs 73.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 3200 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 425 vs 208
PassMark - G2D Mark 206 vs 84

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M

  • Around 15% higher core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • Around 65% lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 33 Watt
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1857 vs 1709
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1857 vs 1709
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 575 MHz vs 500 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt vs 33 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1857 vs 1709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1857 vs 1709

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M2000
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
425
208
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
206
84
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1709
1857
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1709
1857
Name AMD FirePro M2000 NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M
PassMark - G3D Mark 425 208
PassMark - G2D Mark 206 84
Geekbench - OpenCL 1168
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.284
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 195.801
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.31
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 10.402
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 44.254
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 544
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1498
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1709 1857
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 544
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1498
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1709 1857

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro M2000 NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Tesla
Code name Turks G84
Launch date 1 July 2012 9 June 2007
Place in performance rating 1489 1486
Type Mobile workstation Mobile workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 500 MHz 575 MHz
Floating-point performance 480.0 gflops 73.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 480 32
Texture fill rate 12 GTexel / s 9.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt 20 Watt
Transistor count 716 million 289 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
StereoOutput3D

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support n / a
Form factor chip-down
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-HE
Laptop size medium sized large

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.4 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s 22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 3200 MHz 1400 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3, GDDR2
Shared memory 0 no

Technologies

Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0