AMD Radeon R9 380X vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 380X and NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP 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 FX 370 LP

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 380X

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 0 month(s) later
28.8x more texture fill rate: 124.2 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
256x more pipelines: 2048 vs 8
229.9x better floating-point performance: 3,973 gflops vs 17.28 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
57.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6184 vs 108
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 671 vs 481

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 November 2015 vs 6 November 2008
Texture fill rate	124.2 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 8
Floating-point performance	3,973 gflops vs 17.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6184 vs 108
PassMark - G2D Mark	671 vs 481

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP

7.6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 190 Watt
Around 3% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 970 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 190 Watt
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 970 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 380X
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6184

108

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

671

481

Name	AMD Radeon R9 380X	NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP
PassMark - G3D Mark	6184	108
PassMark - G2D Mark	671	481
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 FX 370 LP
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Tesla
Code name	Antigua	G98
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date	19 November 2015	6 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	$129
Place in performance rating	321	323
Price now	$528.44
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	15.61
Technical info
Boost clock speed	970 MHz
Compute units	32
Floating-point performance	3,973 gflops	17.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	2048	8
Stream Processors	2048
Texture fill rate	124.2 GTexel / s	4.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	190 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	210 million
Core clock speed		540 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DMS-59
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 1.0 x16
Length	221 mm	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2 x 6-pin	None
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	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	182.4 GB/s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	970 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
FRTC
HD3D
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore