AMD Radeon HD 6370M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6370M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 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 - T-Rex (Frames/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 HD 6370M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6370M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 23% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 610 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
17.2x lower typical power consumption: 11 Watt vs 189 Watt
4.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 401 vs 83

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 November 2010 vs 11 November 2008
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 610 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	11 Watt vs 189 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	401 vs 83

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

8.1x more texture fill rate: 48.8 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 240 vs 80
5.2x better floating-point performance: 622.1 gflops vs 120 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
4.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1201 vs 276
6.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18229 vs 2744
Around 76% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3319 vs 1885
Around 76% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3319 vs 1885

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	48.8 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	240 vs 80
Floating-point performance	622.1 gflops vs 120 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1201 vs 276
Geekbench - OpenCL	18229 vs 2744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3319 vs 1885
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3319 vs 1885

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6370M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

276

1201

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

401

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2744

18229

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1885

3319

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1885

3319

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6370M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800
PassMark - G3D Mark	276	1201
PassMark - G2D Mark	401	83
Geekbench - OpenCL	2744	18229
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.171
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1297
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1885	3319
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1297
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1885	3319

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6370M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Robson	GT200B
Launch date	26 November 2010	11 November 2008
Place in performance rating	1233	1236
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$3,499
Price now		$178.89
Value for money (0-100)		8.02
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	610 MHz
Floating-point performance	120 gflops	622.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	80	240
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s	48.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	11 Watt	189 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	1,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	102.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0