AMD Radeon R3 Graphics vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R3 Graphics and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 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 8 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
  • 4.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 306 vs 170
  • Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 94 vs 74
  • 3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1745 vs 486
  • 3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1745 vs 486
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 28 January 2015 vs 20 April 2006
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 306 vs 170
PassMark - G2D Mark 94 vs 74
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1745 vs 486
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1745 vs 486

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

  • Around 22% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 267 MHz
  • Around 35% higher texture fill rate: 6.5 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Core clock speed 325 MHz vs 267 MHz
Texture fill rate 6.5 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R3 Graphics
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
306
170
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
94
74
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1745
486
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1745
486
Name AMD Radeon R3 Graphics NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500
PassMark - G3D Mark 306 170
PassMark - G2D Mark 94 74
Geekbench - OpenCL 1480
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 486
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 587
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 750
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1745 486

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R3 Graphics NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 Curie
Code name Beema G71
Launch date 28 January 2015 20 April 2006
Place in performance rating 1618 1615
Type Desktop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $699
Price now $109.99
Value for money (0-100) 1.84

Technical info

Boost clock speed 600 MHz
Core clock speed 267 MHz 325 MHz
Floating-point performance 153.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 128
Texture fill rate 4.8 GTexel / s 6.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 65 Watt
Transistor count 930 million 278 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 173 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 9.0c
OpenGL 4.5 2.1

Memory

Memory type System Shared GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 40.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1250 MHz