AMD Radeon R8 M350DX vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R8 M350DX and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon R8 M350DX

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R8 M350DX

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 6 month(s) later
3.8x more core clock speed: 955 MHz vs 250 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm

Launch date	12 December 2015 vs 31 May 2005
Core clock speed	955 MHz vs 250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 150 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R8 M350DX
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

Name	AMD Radeon R8 M350DX	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1843
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1843
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1330
Geekbench - OpenCL	19471
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1662
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1662
PassMark - G3D Mark		2
PassMark - G2D Mark		119

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R8 M350DX	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Celsius
Code name	Jet	NV18 C1
Launch date	12 December 2015	31 May 2005
Place in performance rating	1276	1274
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz
Core clock speed	955 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Transistor count	1,040 million	29 million
Texture fill rate		1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		10 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	AGP 8x
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	8.0
OpenGL	4.5	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		64 MB
Memory bandwidth		3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		400 MHz
Memory type		DDR