AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM vs NVIDIA Quadro 5010M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM and NVIDIA Quadro 5010M 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

NVIDIA Quadro 5010M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 38% higher texture fill rate: 29.76 GTexel / s vs 21.6 GTexel / s
Around 33% higher pipelines: 512 vs 384
Around 38% better floating-point performance: 952.3 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 54% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 100 Watt
Around 77% higher memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 2600 MHz
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 388 vs 297
2.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 40722 vs 16261

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 December 2013 vs 22 February 2011
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	29.76 GTexel / s vs 21.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 384
Floating-point performance	952.3 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 100 Watt
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz vs 2600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	388 vs 297
Geekbench - OpenCL	40722 vs 16261

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 5010M

2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1691 vs 1420

Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1691 vs 1420

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro 5010M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

388

297

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1420

1691

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

40722

16261

Name	AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro 5010M
PassMark - G2D Mark	388	297
PassMark - G3D Mark	1420	1691
Geekbench - OpenCL	40722	16261
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3112
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3112
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3168
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3168
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro 5010M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Cape Verde	GF110
Launch date	21 December 2013	22 February 2011
Place in performance rating	606	609
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Price now		$235.95
Value for money (0-100)		10.17
Technical info
Boost clock speed	930 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	952.3 gflops	691.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	512	384
Texture fill rate	29.76 GTexel / s	21.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	3,000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	73.6 GB / s	83.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz	2600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5 ECC
Shared memory		0
Technologies
ECC (Error Correcting Code)