AMD Radeon R9 270X vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 270X and NVIDIA Quadro FX 560 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R9 270X

NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270X

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 5 month(s) later
20x more texture fill rate: 84 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
42.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4889 vs 114
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 611 vs 360

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 October 2013 vs 20 April 2006
Texture fill rate	84 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4889 vs 114
PassMark - G2D Mark	611 vs 360

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

6x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 180 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 180 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 270X
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4889

114

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

611

360

Name	AMD Radeon R9 270X	NVIDIA Quadro FX 560
PassMark - G3D Mark	4889	114
PassMark - G2D Mark	611	360
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	63.455
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1314.545
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.339
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	85.21
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	315.366
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1771

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 270X	NVIDIA Quadro FX 560
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Curacao	G73
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	8 October 2013	20 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$299
Place in performance rating	440	441
Price now	$399	$150.25
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	16.05	0.98
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,688 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1280
Stream Processors	1280
Texture fill rate	84 GTexel / s	4.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	177 million
Core clock speed		350 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	2 x 6-pin	None
Length		198 mm
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		1200 MHz
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)