Radeon 780M vs Quadro Plex 1000 Model II
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 298 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 47 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 85.13 |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | G70 | Hawx Point |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 25 July 2008 (16 years ago) | 6 December 2023 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | no data | 768 |
| Core clock speed | 470 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2700 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 302 million | 25,390 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 110 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 640 Watt | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 11.28 | 129.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 8.294 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| TMUs | 24 | 48 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 12 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Length | 522 mm | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR3 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 525 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 33.6 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | Portable Device Dependent |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 25 July 2008 | 6 December 2023 |
| Chip lithography | 110 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 640 Watt | 15 Watt |
Radeon 780M has an age advantage of 15 years, a 2650% more advanced lithography process, and 4166.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Quadro Plex 1000 Model II and Radeon 780M. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro Plex 1000 Model II is a workstation card while Radeon 780M is a notebook one.
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