AMD Radeon R7 430 OEM vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 430 OEM and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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).

AMD Radeon R7 430 OEM

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 430 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.7x more core clock speed: 730 MHz vs 275 MHz
17x more texture fill rate: 18.72 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 140 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 64 MB
3.6x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 370 vs 261
136.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1090 vs 8

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 June 2016 vs 28 October 2003
Core clock speed	730 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	18.72 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 140 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	370 vs 261
PassMark - G3D Mark	1090 vs 8

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI

3.8x lower typical power consumption: 13 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 430 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

370

261

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1090

Name	AMD Radeon R7 430 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI
PassMark - G2D Mark	370	261
PassMark - G3D Mark	1090	8
Geekbench - OpenCL	5924
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3341
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3341
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 430 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Rankine
Code name	Oland	NV34 B1
Launch date	30 June 2016	28 October 2003
Place in performance rating	699	697
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	780 MHz
Core clock speed	730 MHz	275 MHz
Floating-point performance	599.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	140 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	18.72 GTexel / s	1.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	13 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	45 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCI
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		168 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.5	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR