AMD Radeon HD 6430M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6430M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 6430M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6430M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 25% higher pipelines: 160 vs 128
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 106 vs 81

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 January 2011 vs 14 August 2008
Pipelines	160 vs 128
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	106 vs 81

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

Around 15% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 480 MHz
9.2x more texture fill rate: 35.2 GTexel / s vs 3.84 GTexel / s
2.3x better floating-point performance: 352.0 gflops vs 153.6 gflops
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 452 vs 193

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 480 MHz
Texture fill rate	35.2 GTexel / s vs 3.84 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	352.0 gflops vs 153.6 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	452 vs 193

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6430M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

193

452

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

106

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6430M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M
PassMark - G3D Mark	193	452
PassMark - G2D Mark	106	81
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3315
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3315

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6430M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Seymour	G92
Launch date	4 January 2011	14 August 2008
Place in performance rating	1307	1316
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$925
Price now		$925
Value for money (0-100)		1.12
Technical info
Core clock speed	480 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	153.6 gflops	352.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	160	128
Texture fill rate	3.84 GTexel / s	35.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	370 million	754 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		75 Watt
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	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
CUDA
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