AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 88% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 425 MHz
46.7x more texture fill rate: 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 5.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2x 2 GB vs 256 MB
4.2x more memory clock speed: 4200 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 373 vs 235
17x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2534 vs 149

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 September 2011 vs 28 July 2005
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 425 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 5.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4200 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	373 vs 235
PassMark - G3D Mark	2534 vs 149

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

3.1x lower typical power consumption: 83 Watt vs 254 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	83 Watt vs 254 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

373

235

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2534

149

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450
Geekbench - OpenCL	3977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.789
PassMark - G2D Mark	373	235
PassMark - G3D Mark	2534	149

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Curie
Code name	Barts	NV41
Launch date	19 September 2011	28 July 2005
Place in performance rating	723	726
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$135.75
Price now		$138.75
Value for money (0-100)		1.38
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	425 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 1,536.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	2x 960
Texture fill rate	2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec	5.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	254 Watt	83 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 134.4 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4200 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3