AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300 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 - 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 FX 1300

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 350 MHz
10.6x more texture fill rate: 29.76 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
8.4x more memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 388 vs 276
41.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1420 vs 34

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 December 2013 vs 9 August 2004
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	29.76 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz vs 550 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	388 vs 276
PassMark - G3D Mark	1420 vs 34

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300

Around 18% lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 65 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

388

276

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1420

Name	AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300
PassMark - G2D Mark	388	276
PassMark - G3D Mark	1420	34
Geekbench - OpenCL	40722
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 FX 1300
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Rankine
Code name	Cape Verde	NV38 A1
Launch date	21 December 2013	9 August 2004
Place in performance rating	611	608
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Technical info
Boost clock speed	930 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	952.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	512
Texture fill rate	29.76 GTexel / s	2.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	55 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	135 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
Length		241 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	73.6 GB / s	8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR