AMD Radeon R5 M320 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M320 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon R5 M320

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M320

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 25% higher core clock speed: 780 MHz vs 625 MHz
Around 71% higher texture fill rate: 17.1 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
10x more pipelines: 320 vs 32
6.8x better floating-point performance: 547.2 gflops vs 80 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
Around 98% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 457 vs 231
Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 139 vs 89

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 1 June 2007
Core clock speed	780 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.1 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 32
Floating-point performance	547.2 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	457 vs 231
PassMark - G2D Mark	139 vs 89

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M320
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

457

231

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

139

Name	AMD Radeon R5 M320	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
PassMark - G3D Mark	457	231
PassMark - G2D Mark	139	89
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	12.564
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1202
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1202
Geekbench - OpenCL	5002

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 M320	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla
Code name	Jet	G84
Design	AMD Radeon R5 300 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	1 June 2007
Place in performance rating	1394	1391
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$149.90
Price now		$149.90
Value for money (0-100)		1.87
Technical info
Boost clock speed	855 MHz
Compute units	5
Core clock speed	780 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	547.2 gflops	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	320	32
Texture fill rate	17.1 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	289 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		50 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	MXM-HE
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
DualGraphics
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore