AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 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, 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 260 OEM

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 10 month(s) later
3.7x more core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 300 MHz
25.7x more texture fill rate: 61.6 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
10.8x more memory clock speed: 6500 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 91% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 508 vs 266
89.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3048 vs 34

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 December 2013 vs 21 January 2003
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	6500 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	508 vs 266
PassMark - G3D Mark	3048 vs 34

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

508

266

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3048

Name	AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000
PassMark - G2D Mark	508	266
PassMark - G3D Mark	3048	34
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	971
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1980

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Rankine
Code name	Bonaire	NV30
Launch date	21 December 2013	21 January 2003
Place in performance rating	675	677
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	896
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	125 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	183 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.5	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	104.0 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6500 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2