AMD Radeon R9 270X vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 270X and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440 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 NVS 440

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270X

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 6 month(s) later
3.8x more texture fill rate: 84 GTexel / s vs 2x 2 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 2x 128 MB
128.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4875 vs 38
Around 71% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 611 vs 358

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 October 2013 vs 9 March 2009
Texture fill rate	84 GTexel / s vs 2x 2 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 2x 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4875 vs 38
PassMark - G2D Mark	611 vs 358

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440

5.8x lower typical power consumption: 31 Watt vs 180 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt vs 180 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 270X
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4875

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

611

358

Name	AMD Radeon R9 270X	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440
PassMark - G3D Mark	4875	38
PassMark - G2D Mark	611	358
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	63.87
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1314.72
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	85.21
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	315.412
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	1772

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 270X	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Curacao	NV43 A4
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	8 October 2013	9 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$96.99
Place in performance rating	450	454
Price now	$399	$93.61
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	16.05	0.53
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,688 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1280
Stream Processors	1280
Texture fill rate	84 GTexel / s	2x 2 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt	31 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	146 million
Core clock speed		250 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DMS-59
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		187 mm
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2x 128 MB
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	2x 8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 128 Bit
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		500 MHz
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)