AMD Radeon R9 A375 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 A375 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon R9 A375

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 A375

Videocard is newer: launch date 17 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 450 MHz
2.1x more boost clock speed: 925 MHz vs 450 MHz
20555.6x more texture fill rate: 37.00 GTexel/s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
160x more pipelines: 640 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
21.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1024 vs 47

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2015 vs 1 June 2006
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 450 MHz
Boost clock speed	925 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	37.00 GTexel/s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1024 vs 47

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M

Around 24% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1125 MHz (4500 MHz effective)
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 274 vs 232

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1125 MHz (4500 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	274 vs 232

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 A375
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

232

274

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1024

Name	AMD Radeon R9 A375	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M
PassMark - G2D Mark	232	274
PassMark - G3D Mark	1024	47

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 A375	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Venus	G72
Launch date	2015	1 June 2006
Place in performance rating	632	605
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz	450 MHz
Compute units	10
Core clock speed	900 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	1184 GFLOPS
Pipelines	640	4
Pixel fill rate	14.80 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	37.00 GTexel/s	1.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1500 million	112 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		10 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-III
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Shader Model	5.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	700 Bit
Memory clock speed	1125 MHz (4500 MHz effective)	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	64
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CineFX 4.0
Intellisample 4.0
PowerMizer 6.0
UltraShadow II