AMD Radeon R7 A265 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 A265 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon R7 A265

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 A265

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.9x more core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 250 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 2x 128 MB
3.6x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 500 MHz
26.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 994 vs 38
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 468 vs 358

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 January 2014 vs 9 March 2009
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 2x 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	994 vs 38
PassMark - G2D Mark	468 vs 358

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440

Around 11% higher texture fill rate: 2x 2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 19.8 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	2x 2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 19.8 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 A265
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

994

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

468

358

Name	AMD Radeon R7 A265	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440
PassMark - G3D Mark	994	38
PassMark - G2D Mark	468	358
Geekbench - OpenCL	6925

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 A265	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Opal	NV43 A4
Launch date	9 January 2014	9 March 2009
Place in performance rating	484	481
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$96.99
Price now		$93.61
Value for money (0-100)		0.53
Technical info
Boost clock speed	825 MHz
Core clock speed	725 MHz	250 MHz
Floating-point performance	633.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	19.8 GTexel / s	2x 2 GTexel / s billion / sec
Transistor count	1,040 million	146 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		31 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		187 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2x 128 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	2x 8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2x 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3