NVIDIA Quadro M1000M vs AMD Radeon HD 8790M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M1000M and AMD Radeon HD 8790M 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M1000M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 17% higher core clock speed: 993 MHz vs 850 MHz
  • Around 26% higher boost clock speed: 1072 MHz vs 850 MHz
  • Around 47% higher texture fill rate: 31.78 GTexel / s vs 21.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 512 vs 384
  • Around 47% better floating-point performance: 1,017 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
  • Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 4000 MHz
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2835 vs 1306
  • Around 80% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8849 vs 4920
  • 3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 38.33 vs 12.759
  • Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 721.18 vs 465.631
  • Around 94% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.056 vs 1.576
  • Around 49% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 42.938 vs 28.839
  • Around 71% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 137.786 vs 80.418
  • Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4196 vs 2181
  • Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 2656
  • Around 67% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 2014
  • Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4196 vs 2181
  • Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 2656
  • Around 67% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 2014
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 August 2015 vs 1 April 2013
Core clock speed 993 MHz vs 850 MHz
Boost clock speed 1072 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate 31.78 GTexel / s vs 21.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 512 vs 384
Floating-point performance 1,017 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2835 vs 1306
Geekbench - OpenCL 8849 vs 4920
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 38.33 vs 12.759
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 721.18 vs 465.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.056 vs 1.576
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 42.938 vs 28.839
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 137.786 vs 80.418
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4196 vs 2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716 vs 2656
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 2014
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4196 vs 2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716 vs 2656
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 2014

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8790M

  • 1024x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 2 GB / 4 GB
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 751 vs 307
  • Around 60% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1607 vs 1002
Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 2 GB / 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 751 vs 307
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1607 vs 1002

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M1000M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8790M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2835
1306
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
307
751
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
8849
4920
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
38.33
12.759
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
721.18
465.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.056
1.576
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
42.938
28.839
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
137.786
80.418
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4196
2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3716
2656
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
2014
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4196
2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3716
2656
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
2014
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1002
1607
Name NVIDIA Quadro M1000M AMD Radeon HD 8790M
PassMark - G3D Mark 2835 1306
PassMark - G2D Mark 307 751
Geekbench - OpenCL 8849 4920
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 38.33 12.759
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 721.18 465.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.056 1.576
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 42.938 28.839
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 137.786 80.418
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4196 2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716 2656
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 2014
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4196 2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716 2656
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 2014
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1002 1607

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro M1000M AMD Radeon HD 8790M

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.0
Code name GM107 Mars
Launch date 18 August 2015 1 April 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $200.89
Place in performance rating 806 837
Price now $203.37
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 16.10
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1072 MHz 850 MHz
Core clock speed 993 MHz 850 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,017 gflops 691.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 512 384
Texture fill rate 31.78 GTexel / s 21.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 40 Watt
Transistor count 1,870 million 1,040 million
Compute units 6

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
Display Port 1.2

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-A (3.0) MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size large medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 12 11
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
Shader Model 5.0
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB / 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 80 GB / s 64 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus