AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 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: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 50% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 602 MHz
  • 2x more pipelines: 384 vs 192
  • Around 74% better floating-point performance: 806.4 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • 2.5x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Launch date 5 May 2015 vs 11 November 2008
Core clock speed 900 MHz vs 602 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 192
Floating-point performance 806.4 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

  • Around 53% higher texture fill rate: 38.5 GTexel / s vs 25.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 1 GB
  • 2.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 15302 vs 5412
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3260
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3260
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 38.5 GTexel / s vs 25.2 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size 1536 MB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 15302 vs 5412
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3260

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5412
15302
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3260
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3260
3358
Name AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800
Geekbench - OpenCL 5412 15302
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1106
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1106
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1841
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1841
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3260 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3260 3358
PassMark - G3D Mark 982
PassMark - G2D Mark 73

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Tesla 2.0
Code name Oland GT200B
Launch date 5 May 2015 11 November 2008
Place in performance rating 1287 1295
Type Desktop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $1,799
Price now $149.99
Value for money (0-100) 8.67

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1050 MHz
Core clock speed 900 MHz 602 MHz
Floating-point performance 806.4 gflops 462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 384 192
Texture fill rate 25.2 GTexel / s 38.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million 1,400 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 10.0
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1536 MB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB / s 76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3