AMD FirePro W4300 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 350

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W4300 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 350 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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).

AMD FirePro W4300

NVIDIA Quadro FX 350

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W4300

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 69% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 550 MHz
20.3x more texture fill rate: 44.64 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
7.4x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 810 MHz
32.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2818 vs 86
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 659 vs 378

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 December 2015 vs 20 April 2006
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	44.64 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 810 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2818 vs 86
PassMark - G2D Mark	659 vs 378

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 350

2.4x lower typical power consumption: 21 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	21 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W4300
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 350

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2818

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

659

378

Name	AMD FirePro W4300	NVIDIA Quadro FX 350
PassMark - G3D Mark	2818	86
PassMark - G2D Mark	659	378
Geekbench - OpenCL	10312
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	31.528
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	828.57
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.985
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	59.153
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	152.484
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3572
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	6161
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	17597
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3572
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	6161
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	17597

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W4300	NVIDIA Quadro FX 350
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Curie
Code name	Bonaire	G72
Launch date	1 December 2015	20 April 2006
Place in performance rating	416	417
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	930 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,428 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	768
Texture fill rate	44.64 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	21 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	112 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	171 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	6.48 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	810 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2