AMD Radeon R7 Graphics vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 Graphics and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, 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, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 Graphics

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • 2.5x more texture fill rate: 16.46 GTexel / s vs 6.5 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
  • 4.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • 6.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 486
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 31 May 2016 vs 20 April 2006
Texture fill rate 16.46 GTexel / s vs 6.5 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 486

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

  • Around 63% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 200 MHz
  • 8.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 486 vs 60
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 325 MHz vs 200 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 486 vs 60

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
486
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
60
486
Name AMD Radeon R7 Graphics NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500
Geekbench - OpenCL 22612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 15.32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 201.006
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.227
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.26
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 85.46
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1979
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2101
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 486
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 33.5
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 33.9
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 60 486
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1457
PassMark - G3D Mark 170
PassMark - G2D Mark 74

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 Graphics NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 Curie
Code name Wani G71
Launch date 31 May 2016 20 April 2006
Place in performance rating 1466 1609
Type Desktop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $699
Price now $109.99
Value for money (0-100) 1.84

Technical info

Boost clock speed 758 MHz
Core clock speed 200 MHz 325 MHz
Floating-point performance 526.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 384
Texture fill rate 16.46 GTexel / s 6.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 65 Watt
Transistor count 2,410 million 278 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 173 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 9.0c
OpenGL 4.5 2.1

Memory

Memory type System Shared GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 40.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1250 MHz