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).

AMD Radeon R7 M445

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

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	5345
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	1309	1307
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