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
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Name | AMD Radeon HD 8790M | NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 1306 | 84 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 751 | 385 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 4774 | |
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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 | 863 | 866 |
Type | Desktop | Workstation |
Launch price (MSRP) | $129 | |
Price now | $92.75 | |
Value for money (0-100) | 1.17 | |
Technical info |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | MXM-A (3.0) | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Laptop size | medium sized | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
Length | 198 mm | |
API support |
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DirectX | 11 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 4.4 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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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 |