AMD Radeon R5 Graphics vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 Graphics and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 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, 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon R5 Graphics

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 Graphics

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 35% higher texture fill rate: 12.13 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
5.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 80 Watt
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1915 vs 882
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1915 vs 882

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 May 2016 vs 22 May 2006
Texture fill rate	12.13 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 80 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1915 vs 882
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1915 vs 882

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500

2.3x more core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 200 MHz

Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 200 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1915

882

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1915

882

Name	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500
Geekbench - OpenCL	2981
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	6.331
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	119.568
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.543
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	12.649
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	42.459
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	966
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1363
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1915	882
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	966
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1363
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1915	882
PassMark - G3D Mark		260
PassMark - G2D Mark		81

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Curie
Code name	Wani	G71
Launch date	31 May 2016	22 May 2006
Place in performance rating	1558	1555
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,599
Price now		$129.98
Value for money (0-100)		2.07
Technical info
Boost clock speed	800 MHz
Core clock speed	200 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	388.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	256
Texture fill rate	12.13 GTexel / s	9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count	2,410 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		42.2 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		1320 MHz