AMD Radeon R7 260X vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 260X and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S 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 NVS 210S

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260X

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 9 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
132.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3183 vs 24
Around 97% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 521 vs 265

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 October 2013 vs 22 December 2003
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3183 vs 24
PassMark - G2D Mark	521 vs 265

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S

10.5x lower typical power consumption: 11 Watt vs 115 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	11 Watt vs 115 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 260X
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3183

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

521

265

Name	AMD Radeon R7 260X	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S
PassMark - G3D Mark	3183	24
PassMark - G2D Mark	521	265
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 NVS 210S
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Curie
Code name	Bonaire	MCP51
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	8 October 2013	22 December 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$139
Place in performance rating	639	640
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	90 nm
Pipelines	896
Stream Processors	896
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	11 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	75 million
Core clock speed		425 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCI
Length	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	104 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory type	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DDMA audio
FreeSync