AMD Radeon E6460 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E6460 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M 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, 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 Radeon E6460

NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E6460

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 13% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 530 MHz
3.3x more pipelines: 160 vs 48
Around 51% better floating-point performance: 192 gflops vs 127.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 65 Watt
2x more memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 1598 MHz
5.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 225 vs 38

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 April 2011 vs 14 August 2008
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 530 MHz
Pipelines	160 vs 48
Floating-point performance	192 gflops vs 127.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 65 Watt
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 1598 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	225 vs 38

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M

2.7x more texture fill rate: 12.72 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 367 vs 324
Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2376 vs 1925
Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2376 vs 1925

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	12.72 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	367 vs 324
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2376 vs 1925
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2376 vs 1925

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E6460
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

324

367

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

225

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1925

2376

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1925

2376

Name	AMD Radeon E6460	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M
PassMark - G3D Mark	324	367
PassMark - G2D Mark	225	38
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	1.616
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	104.843
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.225
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	4.942
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	18.457
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	531
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	801
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1925	2376
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	531
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	801
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1925	2376

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon E6460	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Caicos	G94
Launch date	7 April 2011	14 August 2008
Place in performance rating	1517	1520
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$99.95
Price now		$99.95
Value for money (0-100)		7.66
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	530 MHz
Floating-point performance	192 gflops	127.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	160	48
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s	12.72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	505 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-HE
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	51.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz	1598 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
PowerMizer 8.0
PureVideo HD