AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450 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).

AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 425 MHz
20.3x more texture fill rate: 103.6 GTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 256 MB
5x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
18.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2817 vs 149
Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 374 vs 235

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 January 2013 vs 28 July 2005
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 425 MHz
Texture fill rate	103.6 GTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2817 vs 149
PassMark - G2D Mark	374 vs 235

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

2.4x lower typical power consumption: 83 Watt vs 200 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	83 Watt vs 200 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2817

149

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

374

235

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450
PassMark - G3D Mark	2817	149
PassMark - G2D Mark	374	235
Geekbench - OpenCL	13719
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	40.311
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	795.334
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.328
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	64.205
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	181.508
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Tahiti	NV41
Launch date	8 January 2013	28 July 2005
Place in performance rating	682	762
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$135.75
Price now		$138.75
Value for money (0-100)		1.38
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz
Core clock speed	850 MHz	425 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,315 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	1792
Texture fill rate	103.6 GTexel / s	5.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	83 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	240.0 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3