AMD Radeon R9 M385 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M385 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon R9 M385

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M385

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 425 MHz
11x more texture fill rate: 56 GTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 244 vs 235
13.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2061 vs 149

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 28 July 2005
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 425 MHz
Texture fill rate	56 GTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	244 vs 235
PassMark - G3D Mark	2061 vs 149

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M385
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

244

235

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2061

149

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M385	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3002
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3002
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3322
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3322
PassMark - G2D Mark	244	235
PassMark - G3D Mark	2061	149

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M385	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Curie
Code name	Strato	NV41
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	28 July 2005
Place in performance rating	730	727
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$135.75
Price now		$138.75
Value for money (0-100)		1.38
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	425 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,792 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	56 GTexel / s	5.1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,080 million	222 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		83 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DirectCompute 5.0
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
TrueAudio
ZeroCore