AMD Radeon R5 230 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 230 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R5 230

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 230

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 25% higher pipelines: 160 vs 128
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
3.9x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 75 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
3.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 255 vs 81

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2014 vs 14 August 2008
Pipelines	160 vs 128
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	255 vs 81

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

7x more texture fill rate: 35.2 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Around 76% better floating-point performance: 352.0 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 452 vs 222
Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3315 vs 2480
Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3315 vs 2480

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	35.2 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	352.0 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	452 vs 222
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3315 vs 2480
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3315 vs 2480

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 230
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

222

452

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

255

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2480

3315

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2480

3315

Name	AMD Radeon R5 230	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M
PassMark - G3D Mark	222	452
PassMark - G2D Mark	255	81
Geekbench - OpenCL	4127
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	439
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	439
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	992
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	992
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2480	3315
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2480	3315

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 230	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Caicos	G92
Design	AMD Radeon R5 200 Series
Launch date	3 April 2014	14 August 2008
Place in performance rating	1319	1328
Price now	$50	$925
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	6.10	1.12
Launch price (MSRP)		$925
Technical info
Floating-point performance	200.0 gflops	352.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	160	128
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s	35.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	754 million
Core clock speed		550 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 1.0 x4
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-HE
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	N / A
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	11	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	10.67 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Memory clock speed		1600 MHz
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
PowerPlay
CUDA
PowerMizer 8.0