AMD Radeon HD 6790 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 370

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6790 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 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, 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 HD 6790

NVIDIA Quadro FX 370

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6790

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 840 MHz vs 360 MHz
11.7x more texture fill rate: 33.6 GTexel / s vs 2.88 GTexel / s
50x more pipelines: 800 vs 16
58.3x better floating-point performance: 1,344.0 gflops vs 23.04 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
4.2x more memory clock speed: 4200 MHz vs 1000 MHz
19.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1619 vs 84
5.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 628
5.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 628

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 April 2011 vs 12 September 2007
Core clock speed	840 MHz vs 360 MHz
Texture fill rate	33.6 GTexel / s vs 2.88 GTexel / s
Pipelines	800 vs 16
Floating-point performance	1,344.0 gflops vs 23.04 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4200 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1619 vs 84
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350 vs 628
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350 vs 628

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 370

4.3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 385 vs 373

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	385 vs 373

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6790
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 370

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1619

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

373

385

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3350

628

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3350

628

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6790	NVIDIA Quadro FX 370
PassMark - G3D Mark	1619	84
PassMark - G2D Mark	373	385
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	12.318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	750.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.234
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	28.768
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	121.423
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3534
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350	628
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3534
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350	628

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6790	NVIDIA Quadro FX 370
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Barts	G84
Launch date	4 April 2011	12 September 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	$129
Place in performance rating	862	865
Price now	$64.99	$92.75
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	39.40	1.17
Technical info
Core clock speed	840 MHz	360 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,344.0 gflops	23.04 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	800	16
Texture fill rate	33.6 GTexel / s	2.88 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	198 mm	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	134.4 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4200 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2