AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM vs NVIDIA Quadro 600

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM and NVIDIA Quadro 600 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 R5 240 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 14% higher core clock speed: 730 MHz vs 640 MHz
  • Around 52% higher texture fill rate: 15.6 GTexel / s vs 10.24 GTexel / s
  • 3.3x more pipelines: 320 vs 96
  • 2x better floating-point performance: 499.2 gflops vs 245.76 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 548 vs 526
  • 2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4936 vs 2100
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 13.569 vs 5.617
  • Around 92% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.009 vs 0.526
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 19.668 vs 9.023
  • 4.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 77.819 vs 16.137
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1119 vs 899
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1284 vs 1255
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2264 vs 2037
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1119 vs 899
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1284 vs 1255
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2264 vs 2037
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 November 2013 vs 13 December 2010
Core clock speed 730 MHz vs 640 MHz
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s vs 10.24 GTexel / s
Pipelines 320 vs 96
Floating-point performance 499.2 gflops vs 245.76 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 548 vs 526
Geekbench - OpenCL 4936 vs 2100
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 13.569 vs 5.617
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.009 vs 0.526
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 19.668 vs 9.023
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 77.819 vs 16.137
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1119 vs 899
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1284 vs 1255
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2264 vs 2037
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1119 vs 899
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1284 vs 1255
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2264 vs 2037

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 600

  • Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 50 Watt
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 232 vs 194
  • Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 185.752 vs 162.886
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 40 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 232 vs 194
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 185.752 vs 162.886

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro 600

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
548
526
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
194
232
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4936
2100
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.569
5.617
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
162.886
185.752
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.009
0.526
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
19.668
9.023
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
77.819
16.137
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1119
899
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1284
1255
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2264
2037
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1119
899
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1284
1255
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2264
2037
Name AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM NVIDIA Quadro 600
PassMark - G3D Mark 548 526
PassMark - G2D Mark 194 232
Geekbench - OpenCL 4936 2100
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 13.569 5.617
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 162.886 185.752
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.009 0.526
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 19.668 9.023
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 77.819 16.137
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1119 899
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1284 1255
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2264 2037
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1119 899
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1284 1255
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2264 2037

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM NVIDIA Quadro 600

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Fermi
Code name Oland GF108
Launch date 1 November 2013 13 December 2010
Place in performance rating 1406 1471
Type Desktop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $179
Price now $299
Value for money (0-100) 2.80

Technical info

Boost clock speed 780 MHz
Core clock speed 730 MHz 640 MHz
Floating-point performance 499.2 gflops 245.76 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 320 96
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s 10.24 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 40 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million 585 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s 25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3