AMD Radeon R9 M275 vs NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M275 and NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R9 M275

NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M275

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 2 month(s) later
3x more core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 300 MHz
15.4x more texture fill rate: 37 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
6.2x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 650 MHz
223x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1115 vs 5
3.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 569 vs 181

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 January 2014 vs 12 November 2002
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	37 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 650 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1115 vs 5
PassMark - G2D Mark	569 vs 181

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M275
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1115

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

569

181

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M275	NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL
PassMark - G3D Mark	1115	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	569	181
Geekbench - OpenCL	9231
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	28.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	313.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.206
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	34.381
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	121.685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1717

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M275	NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Kelvin
Code name	Venus	NV28 A2
Launch date	28 January 2014	12 November 2002
Launch price (MSRP)	$799.99
Place in performance rating	993	990
Price now	$699.99
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	3.01
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,184 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	640
Texture fill rate	37 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,500 million	36 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 8x
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	8.1
OpenGL	4.5	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	64 GB / s	10.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	650 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Shared memory	0