Quadro CX vs Radeon R7 Carrizo

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro CX and Radeon R7 Carrizo, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Quadro CX stacks up against Radeon R7 Carrizo, check out specs charts below.

Radeon R7 Carrizo is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R7 Carrizo is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon R7 Carrizo here:

Main Specs

  Quadro CX Radeon R7 Carrizo
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 12-35 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
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  • Quadro CX has 1150% more power consumption, than Radeon R7 Carrizo.
  • Quadro CX is used in Desktops, and Radeon R7 Carrizo - in Laptops.
  • Quadro CX is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R7 Carrizo - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
  • Quadro CX is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 Carrizo - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 1−2 2−3
ultra / 1080p 0−1 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 10−12 12−14
medium / 1080p 2−3 5−6
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 Carrizo in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 40% more, than Quadro CX.

Full Specs

  Quadro CX Radeon R7 Carrizo
Architecture Tesla 2.0 GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name GT200B Carrizo
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 11 November 2008 4 June 2015
Pipelines 192 512
Core clock speed 602 MHz
Boost Clock 800 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 2410 Million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 38.53
Floating-point performance 462.3 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s
Shared memory +
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model 4.0
OpenGL 3.3
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 1.3
Laptop size medium sized
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