AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM and NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 20% higher core clock speed: 730 MHz vs 610 MHz
  • Around 60% higher pipelines: 384 vs 240
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
  • 2.9x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 189 Watt
  • 2.9x more memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • 4.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 338 vs 80
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 3319
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 3319
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 May 2015 vs 11 November 2008
Core clock speed 730 MHz vs 610 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 240
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 189 Watt
Memory clock speed 4600 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 338 vs 80
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 vs 3319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 vs 3319

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

  • 2.6x more texture fill rate: 48.8 GTexel / s vs 18.72 GTexel / s
  • Around 4% better floating-point performance: 622.1 gflops vs 599.0 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1210 vs 935
  • 3.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18229 vs 5635
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 48.8 GTexel / s vs 18.72 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 622.1 gflops vs 599.0 gflops
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1210 vs 935
Geekbench - OpenCL 18229 vs 5635

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
338
80
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
935
1210
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5635
18229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
3319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
3319
Name AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800
PassMark - G2D Mark 338 80
PassMark - G3D Mark 935 1210
Geekbench - OpenCL 5635 18229
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1935
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1935
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2380
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2380
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 3319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 3319

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Tesla 2.0
Code name Oland GT200B
Launch date 5 May 2015 11 November 2008
Place in performance rating 892 1240
Type Desktop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $3,499
Price now $178.89
Value for money (0-100) 8.02

Technical info

Boost clock speed 780 MHz
Core clock speed 730 MHz 610 MHz
Floating-point performance 599.0 gflops 622.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 384 240
Texture fill rate 18.72 GTexel / s 48.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 189 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million 1,400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 2x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length 267 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 10.0
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 73.6 GB / s 102.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 4600 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3