AMD Radeon R7 M445 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M445 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 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 3700

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M445

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 56% higher core clock speed: 780 MHz vs 500 MHz
2.9x more pipelines: 320 vs 112
2.1x better floating-point performance: 588.8 gflops vs 280 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
3.1x lower typical power consumption: 15-25 Watt vs 78 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 944 vs 378
Around 93% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 176 vs 91

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 8 January 2008
Core clock speed	780 MHz vs 500 MHz
Pipelines	320 vs 112
Floating-point performance	588.8 gflops vs 280 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15-25 Watt vs 78 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	944 vs 378
PassMark - G2D Mark	176 vs 91

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700

Around 52% higher texture fill rate: 28 GTexel / s vs 18.4 GTexel / s
Around 77% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3285 vs 1853
Around 77% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3285 vs 1853

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	28 GTexel / s vs 18.4 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3285 vs 1853
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3285 vs 1853

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M445
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

944

378

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

176

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1853

3285

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1853

3285

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M445	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700
PassMark - G3D Mark	944	378
PassMark - G2D Mark	176	91
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	3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1913
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2138
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1853	3285

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M445	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Tesla
Code name	Meso	G92
Launch date	15 May 2016	8 January 2008
Place in performance rating	1309	1306
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,599
Price now		$99.02
Value for money (0-100)		8.26
Technical info
Boost clock speed	920 MHz
Core clock speed	780 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	588.8 gflops	280 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	320	112
Texture fill rate	18.4 GTexel / s	28 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15-25 Watt	78 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	754 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
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	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0