AMD Radeon R9 380X vs NVIDIA Quadro CX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 380X and NVIDIA Quadro CX 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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R9 380X

NVIDIA Quadro CX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 380X

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 0 month(s) later
3.2x more texture fill rate: 124.2 GTexel / s vs 38.5 GTexel / s
10.7x more pipelines: 2048 vs 192
8.6x better floating-point performance: 3,973 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
2.7x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1536 MB
6.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6184 vs 947
Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 671 vs 454

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 November 2015 vs 11 November 2008
Texture fill rate	124.2 GTexel / s vs 38.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 192
Floating-point performance	3,973 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1536 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6184 vs 947
PassMark - G2D Mark	671 vs 454

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro CX

Around 27% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 190 Watt
Around 65% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 970 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 190 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 970 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 380X
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro CX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6184

947

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

671

454

Name	AMD Radeon R9 380X	NVIDIA Quadro CX
PassMark - G3D Mark	6184	947
PassMark - G2D Mark	671	454
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9685
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3053

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 380X	NVIDIA Quadro CX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Antigua	GT200B
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date	19 November 2015	11 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	$1,999
Place in performance rating	321	318
Price now	$528.44	$149.95
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	15.61	8.20
Technical info
Boost clock speed	970 MHz
Compute units	32
Floating-point performance	3,973 gflops	462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2048	192
Stream Processors	2048
Texture fill rate	124.2 GTexel / s	38.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	190 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	1,400 million
Core clock speed		602 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays	6
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Form factor	Full Height / Full Length
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	221 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2 x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	182.4 GB/s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	970 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
FRTC
HD3D
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore