AMD Radeon R6 M255DX vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R6 M255DX 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, Technologies. 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon R6 M255DX

NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R6 M255DX

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 28% higher core clock speed: 780 MHz vs 610 MHz
2.4x more pipelines: 576 vs 240
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3563 vs 3319
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3563 vs 3319
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 116 vs 99

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2014 vs 11 November 2008
Core clock speed	780 MHz vs 610 MHz
Pipelines	576 vs 240
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3563 vs 3319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3563 vs 3319
PassMark - G2D Mark	116 vs 99

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

Around 6% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18229 vs 17123
2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1223 vs 605

Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	18229 vs 17123
PassMark - G3D Mark	1223 vs 605

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R6 M255DX
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

17123

18229

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3563

3319

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3563

3319

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

116

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

605

1223

Name	AMD Radeon R6 M255DX	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800
Geekbench - OpenCL	17123	18229
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1055
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1055
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1927
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1927
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3563	3319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3563	3319
PassMark - G2D Mark	116	99
PassMark - G3D Mark	605	1223

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R6 M255DX	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Jet	GT200B
Launch date	7 January 2014	11 November 2008
Place in performance rating	1198	1201
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$3,499
Price now		$178.89
Value for money (0-100)		8.02
Technical info
Boost clock speed	855 MHz
Core clock speed	780 MHz	610 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	576	240
Transistor count	1,040 million	1,400 million
Floating-point performance		622.1 gflops
Texture fill rate		48.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		189 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		4 GB
Memory bandwidth		102.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		512 Bit
Memory clock speed		1600 MHz
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro
Powerplay