AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2.8x more core clock speed: 1382 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 93% higher texture fill rate: 409.6 GTexel / s vs 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 90 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Around 56% higher memory clock speed: 1890 MHz vs 1210 MHz
56.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13327 vs 236
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 750 vs 653

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 June 2017 vs 24 April 2006
Core clock speed	1382 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	409.6 GTexel / s vs 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1890 MHz vs 1210 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	13327 vs 236
PassMark - G2D Mark	750 vs 653

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

2.1x lower typical power consumption: 145 Watt vs 300 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	145 Watt vs 300 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13327

236

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

750

653

Name	AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	13327	236
PassMark - G2D Mark	750	653
Geekbench - OpenCL	75705
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	190.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3611.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	17.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	181.113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1373.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7074

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	Curie
Code name	Vega 10	G71
Launch date	27 June 2017	24 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	$2,799
Place in performance rating	199	198
Price now	$999.99
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	14.37
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz
Core clock speed	1382 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	13,107 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	4096
Texture fill rate	409.6 GTexel / s	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	145 Watt
Transistor count	12,500 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	4x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm	305 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	483.8 GB / s	2x 38.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1890 MHz	1210 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR3