AMD Radeon HD 8830M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8830M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 560 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon HD 8830M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8830M

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 64% higher core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 350 MHz
6x more texture fill rate: 25 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
Around 67% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Launch date	1 April 2013 vs 20 April 2006
Core clock speed	575 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	25 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8830M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8830M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 560
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2695
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2695
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5106
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5106
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	11302
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	11302
PassMark - G3D Mark		114
PassMark - G2D Mark		360

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8830M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 560
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Venus	G73
Design	AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Launch date	1 April 2013	20 April 2006
Place in performance rating	443	444
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Price now		$150.25
Value for money (0-100)		0.98
Technical info
Boost clock speed	575 MHz
Compute units	10
Core clock speed	575 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	800.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	640
Texture fill rate	25 GTexel / s	4.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,500 million	177 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		30 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Length		198 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	32 GB / s	19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0