AMD Radeon R7 M445 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M445 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 3700M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M445

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 42% higher core clock speed: 780 MHz vs 550 MHz
2.5x more pipelines: 320 vs 128
Around 67% better floating-point performance: 588.8 gflops vs 352.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
3x lower typical power consumption: 15-25 Watt vs 75 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 945 vs 456
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 176 vs 88

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 14 August 2008
Core clock speed	780 MHz vs 550 MHz
Pipelines	320 vs 128
Floating-point performance	588.8 gflops vs 352.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15-25 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	945 vs 456
PassMark - G2D Mark	176 vs 88

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

Around 91% higher texture fill rate: 35.2 GTexel / s vs 18.4 GTexel / s
Around 79% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3315 vs 1853
Around 79% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3315 vs 1853

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	35.2 GTexel / s vs 18.4 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3315 vs 1853
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3315 vs 1853

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

945

456

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

176

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1853

3315

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1853

3315

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M445	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M
PassMark - G3D Mark	945	456
PassMark - G2D Mark	176	88
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	3315
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1913
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2138
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1853	3315

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M445	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Tesla
Code name	Meso	G92
Launch date	15 May 2016	14 August 2008
Place in performance rating	1306	1303
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$925
Price now		$925
Value for money (0-100)		1.12
Technical info
Boost clock speed	920 MHz
Core clock speed	780 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	588.8 gflops	352.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	320	128
Texture fill rate	18.4 GTexel / s	35.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15-25 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	754 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	1 GB
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	0
Technologies
CUDA
PowerMizer 8.0