AMD Radeon R7 M270DX vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M270DX 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon R7 M270DX

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M270DX

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 4 month(s) later
3x more core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 300 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
28.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 962 vs 34

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 June 2014 vs 21 January 2003
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	962 vs 34

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000

Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 266 vs 233

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	266 vs 233

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M270DX
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

233

266

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

962

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M270DX	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000
PassMark - G2D Mark	233	266
PassMark - G3D Mark	962	34

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M270DX	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Rankine
Code name	Topaz	NV30
Launch date	11 June 2014	21 January 2003
Place in performance rating	637	640
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	940 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Transistor count	3,100 million	125 million
Texture fill rate		2.4 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.5	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory bandwidth		9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		600 MHz
Memory type		DDR2