AMD Radeon HD 7870M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7870M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 7870M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870M

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.7x more core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 300 MHz
13.3x more texture fill rate: 32 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
8x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 500 MHz
18.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1507 vs 81
Around 89% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 556 vs 294

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 April 2012 vs 9 August 2004
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	32 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1507 vs 81
PassMark - G2D Mark	556 vs 294

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

Around 80% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 45 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 45 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7870M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1507

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

556

294

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7870M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
PassMark - G3D Mark	1507	81
PassMark - G2D Mark	556	294
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1367
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1367
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7870M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Heathrow	NV43 A2
Launch date	24 April 2012	9 August 2004
Place in performance rating	590	588
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Price now		$59.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.71
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,024 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	640
Texture fill rate	32 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Length		198 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	64 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0