AMD Radeon R9 M390X vs NVIDIA Quadro CX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M390X and NVIDIA Quadro CX 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 M390X

NVIDIA Quadro CX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M390X

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 723 MHz vs 602 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 92.54 GTexel / s vs 38.5 GTexel / s
10.7x more pipelines: 2048 vs 192
6.4x better floating-point performance: 2,961 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
2x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 150 Watt
2.7x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1536 MB
3.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3597 vs 947

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 11 November 2008
Core clock speed	723 MHz vs 602 MHz
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s vs 38.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 192
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1536 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3597 vs 947

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro CX

Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 454 vs 435

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	454 vs 435

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M390X
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro CX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3597

947

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

435

454

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M390X	NVIDIA Quadro CX
PassMark - G3D Mark	3597	947
PassMark - G2D Mark	435	454
Geekbench - OpenCL	22044
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	64.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1284.053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.881
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	78.169
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	312.822
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8593
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	24690
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8593
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	24690

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M390X	NVIDIA Quadro CX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Amethyst	GT200B
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	11 November 2008
Place in performance rating	316	317
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,999
Price now		$149.95
Value for money (0-100)		8.20
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz	602 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops	462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2048	192
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s	38.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	1,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	384 Bit
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		1600 MHz
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore