AMD Radeon R7 M445 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M445 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M445

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 25% higher core clock speed: 780 MHz vs 625 MHz
  • Around 84% higher texture fill rate: 18.4 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
  • 10x more pipelines: 320 vs 32
  • 7.4x better floating-point performance: 588.8 gflops vs 80 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 15-25 Watt vs 50 Watt
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
  • 2.5x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • 7.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 944 vs 131
  • Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 176 vs 109
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 May 2016 vs 1 June 2007
Core clock speed 780 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate 18.4 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Pipelines 320 vs 32
Floating-point performance 588.8 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15-25 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 944 vs 131
PassMark - G2D Mark 176 vs 109

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M445
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
944
131
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
176
109
Name AMD Radeon R7 M445 NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
PassMark - G3D Mark 944 131
PassMark - G2D Mark 176 109
Geekbench - OpenCL 5343
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 15.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 278.624
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.268
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.335
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 54.067
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1913
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2138
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1853
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1913
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2138
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1853

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 M445 NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 Tesla
Code name Meso G84
Launch date 15 May 2016 1 June 2007
Place in performance rating 1308 1305
Type Laptop Mobile workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $149.90
Price now $149.90
Value for money (0-100) 1.87

Technical info

Boost clock speed 920 MHz
Core clock speed 780 MHz 625 MHz
Floating-point performance 588.8 gflops 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 320 32
Texture fill rate 18.4 GTexel / s 10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15-25 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 3,100 million 289 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 MXM-HE
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.5 3.3
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 32 GB / s 25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Shared memory 0 0