AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M 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 Pro WX 4100

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 6 month(s) later
3x more core clock speed: 1125 MHz vs 375 MHz
3.2x more boost clock speed: 1201 MHz vs 375 MHz
8.5x more texture fill rate: 76.86 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
51.2x more pipelines: 1024 vs 20
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
6x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
21.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3654 vs 171
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 630 vs 275

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 November 2016 vs 18 April 2006
Core clock speed	1125 MHz vs 375 MHz
Boost clock speed	1201 MHz vs 375 MHz
Texture fill rate	76.86 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 20
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3654 vs 171
PassMark - G2D Mark	630 vs 275

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3654

171

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

630

275

Name	AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
PassMark - G3D Mark	3654	171
PassMark - G2D Mark	630	275
Geekbench - OpenCL	17715
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	55.077
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	830.773
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.132
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	82.584
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	225.985
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5431
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2678
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5431
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2678

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Curie
Code name	Baffin	G71
Launch date	10 November 2016	18 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$399
Place in performance rating	604	603
Price now	$259.99
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	19.63
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1201 MHz	375 MHz
Core clock speed	1125 MHz	375 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,460 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1024	20
Texture fill rate	76.86 GTexel / s	9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	MXM-II
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	500 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256
Shared memory		0