AMD Radeon HD 8790M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 370

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8790M 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8790M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • 2.4x more core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 360 MHz
  • 7.5x more texture fill rate: 21.6 GTexel / s vs 2.88 GTexel / s
  • 24x more pipelines: 384 vs 16
  • 30x better floating-point performance: 691.2 gflops vs 23.04 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
  • 4x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 15.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1306 vs 84
  • Around 95% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 751 vs 385
  • 3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2014 vs 628
  • 3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2014 vs 628
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 April 2013 vs 12 September 2007
Core clock speed 850 MHz vs 360 MHz
Texture fill rate 21.6 GTexel / s vs 2.88 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 16
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops vs 23.04 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1306 vs 84
PassMark - G2D Mark 751 vs 385
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2014 vs 628
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2014 vs 628

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8790M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 370

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1306
84
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
751
385
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2014
628
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2014
628
Name AMD Radeon HD 8790M NVIDIA Quadro FX 370
PassMark - G3D Mark 1306 84
PassMark - G2D Mark 751 385
Geekbench - OpenCL 4806
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 12.759
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 465.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.576
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 28.839
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 80.418
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2656
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2014 628
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2656
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2014 628
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1607

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 8790M NVIDIA Quadro FX 370

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Tesla
Code name Mars G84
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Launch date 1 April 2013 12 September 2007
Place in performance rating 855 858
Type Desktop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $129
Price now $92.75
Value for money (0-100) 1.17

Technical info

Boost clock speed 850 MHz
Compute units 6
Core clock speed 850 MHz 360 MHz
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops 23.04 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 384 16
Texture fill rate 21.6 GTexel / s 2.88 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,040 million 289 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None None
Length 198 mm

API support

DirectX 11 10.0
OpenGL 4.4 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 64 GB / s 8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR2
Shared memory 0