AMD Radeon R9 M290X vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M290X and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M 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, 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 - 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).

AMD Radeon R9 M290X

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M290X

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 375 MHz
2.4x more boost clock speed: 900 MHz vs 375 MHz
8x more texture fill rate: 72 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
64x more pipelines: 1280 vs 20
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1000 MHz
19.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3282 vs 171
Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 426 vs 275

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 January 2014 vs 18 April 2006
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 375 MHz
Boost clock speed	900 MHz vs 375 MHz
Texture fill rate	72 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 20
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3282 vs 171
PassMark - G2D Mark	426 vs 275

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

2.2x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 100 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 100 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M290X
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3282

171

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

426

275

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M290X	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
PassMark - G3D Mark	3282	171
PassMark - G2D Mark	426	275
Geekbench - OpenCL	23558
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	51.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	936.497
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.62
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	77.584
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	258.046
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6666
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2526
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6666
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2526

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M290X	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Neptune	G71
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	9 January 2014	18 April 2006
Place in performance rating	596	601
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	900 MHz	375 MHz
Compute units	20
Core clock speed	850 MHz	375 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,304 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1280	20
Texture fill rate	72 GTexel / s	9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-II
Laptop size	large	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	11	9.0c
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB/s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	500 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore