AMD Radeon R7 260X vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 260X and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 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), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R7 260X

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260X

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 8 month(s) later
25.7x more texture fill rate: 61.6 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
93.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3183 vs 34
Around 96% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 521 vs 266

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 October 2013 vs 21 January 2003
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3183 vs 34
PassMark - G2D Mark	521 vs 266

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 260X
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3183

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

521

266

Name	AMD Radeon R7 260X	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000
PassMark - G3D Mark	3183	34
PassMark - G2D Mark	521	266
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	43.745
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	804.436
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	64.088
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	221.539
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1481

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 260X	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Rankine
Code name	Bonaire	NV30
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	8 October 2013	21 January 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$139
Place in performance rating	639	641
Price now	$239
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	17.15
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	896
Stream Processors	896
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	125 million
Core clock speed		300 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	12	9.0a
OpenGL	4.5	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	104 GB/s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Memory clock speed		600 MHz
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DDMA audio
FreeSync