AMD Radeon R5 M240 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M240 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M240

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 82% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 550 MHz
  • 2.5x more pipelines: 320 vs 128
  • Around 87% better floating-point performance: 659.2 gflops vs 352.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 150 vs 88
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 September 2014 vs 14 August 2008
Core clock speed 1000 MHz vs 550 MHz
Pipelines 320 vs 128
Floating-point performance 659.2 gflops vs 352.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 458 vs 456
PassMark - G2D Mark 150 vs 88

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

  • Around 71% higher texture fill rate: 35.2 GTexel / s vs 20.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3315 vs 3249
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3315 vs 3249
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 35.2 GTexel / s vs 20.6 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3315 vs 3249
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3315 vs 3249

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M240
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
458
456
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
150
88
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3249
3315
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3249
3315
Name AMD Radeon R5 M240 NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M
PassMark - G3D Mark 458 456
PassMark - G2D Mark 150 88
Geekbench - OpenCL 3721
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1444
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1444
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3249 3315
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3249 3315
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 881
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 881

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R5 M240 NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Tesla
Code name Jet G92
Design AMD Radeon R5 200 Series
Launch date 18 September 2014 14 August 2008
Place in performance rating 1310 1307
Type Desktop Mobile workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $925
Price now $925
Value for money (0-100) 1.12

Technical info

Core clock speed 1000 MHz 550 MHz
Floating-point performance 659.2 gflops 352.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 320 128
Texture fill rate 20.6 GTexel / s 35.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,040 million 754 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support Not Listed
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 MXM-HE
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 11 10.0
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4 3.3

Memory

Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 51.2 GB / s
Memory type Not Listed GDDR3
Shared memory 0 0
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
DualGraphics
Enduro
HD3D
Powerplay
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore
CUDA
PowerMizer 8.0