ATI Radeon HD 5730 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5730 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Radeon HD 5730

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5730

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 94% higher core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 400 MHz
4.8x more texture fill rate: 15.5 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
4.7x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 850 MHz

Launch date	26 February 2011 vs 22 July 2003
Core clock speed	775 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	15.5 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 850 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5730
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5730	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2484
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2484
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345
PassMark - G3D Mark		69
PassMark - G2D Mark		178

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5730	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Rankine
Code name	Redwood	NV35
Launch date	26 February 2011	22 July 2003
Place in performance rating	968	971
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$203
Price now		$166.60
Value for money (0-100)		0.53
Technical info
Core clock speed	775 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	620.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	400
Texture fill rate	15.5 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	64 Watt
Transistor count	627 million	135 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.4	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	64.0 GB / s	27.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	850 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR