AMD Radeon RX 470D vs NVIDIA Quadro M3000 SE

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 470D and NVIDIA Quadro M3000 SE videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

AMD Radeon RX 470D

NVIDIA Quadro M3000 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 470D

Around 71% higher core clock speed: 926 MHz vs 540 MHz
3.9x more texture fill rate: 135.1 GTexel / s vs 34.56 GTexel / s
Around 75% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1024
3.9x better floating-point performance: 4,322 gflops vs 1,106 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 32% higher memory clock speed: 6600 MHz vs 5012 MHz

Core clock speed	926 MHz vs 540 MHz
Texture fill rate	135.1 GTexel / s vs 34.56 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 1024
Floating-point performance	4,322 gflops vs 1,106 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz vs 5012 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M3000 SE

Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 120 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 470D	NVIDIA Quadro M3000 SE
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Ellesmere	GM204
Launch date	21 October 2016	2 October 2016
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1206 MHz
Core clock speed	926 MHz	540 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,322 gflops	1,106 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1792	1024
Texture fill rate	135.1 GTexel / s	34.56 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	5,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	211.2 GB / s	160.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz	5012 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5