AMD Radeon HD 8250 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8250 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 8250

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8250

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 212 vs 170
2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1343 vs 486
2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1343 vs 486

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 June 2013 vs 20 April 2006
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	212 vs 170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1343 vs 486
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1343 vs 486

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 74 vs 59

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	74 vs 59

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8250
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

212

170

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1343

486

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1343

486

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8250	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500
Geekbench - OpenCL	1075
PassMark - G2D Mark	59	74
PassMark - G3D Mark	212	170
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	628
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	628
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1343	486
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1343	486
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	384
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	384

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8250	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500
Essentials
Architecture	GCN	Curie
Code name	Temash	G71
Launch date	1 June 2013	20 April 2006
Place in performance rating	1625	1622
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$699
Price now		$109.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.84
Technical info
Boost clock speed	400 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	128
Texture fill rate		6.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		65 Watt
Transistor count		278 million
API support
DirectX	11.1	9.0c
OpenGL		2.1
Memory
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		40.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		1250 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		173 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None