AMD Radeon R9 M470 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M470 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R9 M470

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M470

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 425 MHz
9.4x more texture fill rate: 48 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
6x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
15.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2331 vs 149
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 307 vs 235

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 28 July 2005
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 425 MHz
Texture fill rate	48 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	6000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2331 vs 149
PassMark - G2D Mark	307 vs 235

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M470
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2331

149

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

307

235

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M470	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450
PassMark - G3D Mark	2331	149
PassMark - G2D Mark	307	235
Geekbench - OpenCL	47924
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1804
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1804
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1674
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1674

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M470	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Curie
Code name	Strato	NV41
Launch date	15 May 2016	28 July 2005
Place in performance rating	765	762
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$135.75
Price now		$138.75
Value for money (0-100)		1.38
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	425 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	768
Texture fill rate	48 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
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
DirectCompute 5.0