AMD Radeon Pro Duo vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Duo and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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.

AMD Radeon Pro Duo

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Duo

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 0 month(s) later
10.6x more texture fill rate: 2x 256.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
34.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8164 vs 236
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 765 vs 653

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 April 2016 vs 24 April 2006
Texture fill rate	2x 256.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8164 vs 236
PassMark - G2D Mark	765 vs 653

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

2.4x lower typical power consumption: 145 Watt vs 350 Watt
2.4x more memory clock speed: 1210 MHz vs 500 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	145 Watt vs 350 Watt
Memory clock speed	1210 MHz vs 500 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Duo
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8164

236

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

765

653

Name	AMD Radeon Pro Duo	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	8164	236
PassMark - G2D Mark	765	653
Geekbench - OpenCL	56152
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	141.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3621.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	13.132
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	112.973
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	799.933
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10141
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	38251
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10141
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	38251
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro Duo	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Curie
Code name	Capsaicin	G71
Design	reference
Launch date	26 April 2016	24 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,499	$2,799
Place in performance rating	200	202
Price now	$849
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	17.05
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Compute units	128
Floating-point performance	2x 8,192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2x 4096
Texture fill rate	2x 256.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	145 Watt
Transistor count	8,900 million	278 million
Core clock speed		500 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	4x DVI
DisplayPort support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays	6
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	277 mm	305 mm
Supplementary power connectors	3x 8-pin	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	DirectX® 12	9.0c
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	512 GB / s	2x 38.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 4096 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	1210 MHz
Memory type	High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)	GDDR3
Technologies
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
Enduro
FreeSync
FRTC
HD3D
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
ZeroCore