AMD Radeon R3 Graphics vs NVIDIA Quadro 400

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R3 Graphics and NVIDIA Quadro 400 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R3 Graphics

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • 2.7x more pipelines: 128 vs 48
  • Around 42% better floating-point performance: 153.6 gflops vs 108 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 32 Watt
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 304 vs 148
  • Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 95 vs 59
  • Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1745 vs 1103
  • Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1745 vs 1103
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 28 January 2015 vs 5 April 2011
Pipelines 128 vs 48
Floating-point performance 153.6 gflops vs 108 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 32 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 304 vs 148
PassMark - G2D Mark 95 vs 59
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1745 vs 1103
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1745 vs 1103

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 400

  • Around 69% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 267 MHz
  • Around 50% higher texture fill rate: 7.2 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
  • 3.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4630 vs 1492
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 450 MHz vs 267 MHz
Texture fill rate 7.2 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 4630 vs 1492

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R3 Graphics
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro 400

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
304
148
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
95
59
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1492
4630
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1745
1103
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1745
1103
Name AMD Radeon R3 Graphics NVIDIA Quadro 400
PassMark - G3D Mark 304 148
PassMark - G2D Mark 95 59
Geekbench - OpenCL 1492 4630
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.343
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 106.771
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.35
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 8.234
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 21.88
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 587
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 750
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1745 1103
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 587
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 750
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1745 1103

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R3 Graphics NVIDIA Quadro 400

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 Tesla 2.0
Code name Beema GT216
Launch date 28 January 2015 5 April 2011
Place in performance rating 1599 1602
Type Desktop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $169
Price now $145.55
Value for money (0-100) 2.13

Technical info

Boost clock speed 600 MHz
Core clock speed 267 MHz 450 MHz
Floating-point performance 153.6 gflops 108 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 128 48
Texture fill rate 4.8 GTexel / s 7.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 32 Watt
Transistor count 930 million 486 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 163 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 10.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

Memory type System Shared DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 12.32 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1540 MHz