AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S 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 NVS 210S

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 425 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 508 vs 265
127x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3048 vs 24

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 December 2013 vs 22 December 2003
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	508 vs 265
PassMark - G3D Mark	3048 vs 24

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S

7.7x lower typical power consumption: 11 Watt vs 85 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	11 Watt vs 85 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

508

265

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3048

Name	AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S
PassMark - G2D Mark	508	265
PassMark - G3D Mark	3048	24
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 NVS 210S
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Curie
Code name	Bonaire	MCP51
Launch date	21 December 2013	22 December 2003
Place in performance rating	675	676
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	425 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	896
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	11 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCI
Length	183 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	104.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5