AMD FirePro R5000 vs NVIDIA Quadro 500M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro R5000 and NVIDIA Quadro 500M 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD FirePro R5000

NVIDIA Quadro 500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro R5000

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 700 MHz
3.5x more texture fill rate: 39.6 GTexel / s vs 11.2 GTexel / s
8x more pipelines: 768 vs 96
4.7x better floating-point performance: 1,267 gflops vs 268.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Around 71% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 625 vs 365
4.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2647 vs 571

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 February 2013 vs 22 February 2011
Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate	39.6 GTexel / s vs 11.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 96
Floating-point performance	1,267 gflops vs 268.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	625 vs 365
PassMark - G3D Mark	2647 vs 571

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 500M

10x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 350 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 350 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro R5000
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro 500M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

625

365

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2647

571

Name	AMD FirePro R5000	NVIDIA Quadro 500M
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342
PassMark - G2D Mark	625	365
PassMark - G3D Mark	2647	571
Geekbench - OpenCL		8743

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro R5000	NVIDIA Quadro 500M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Fermi
Code name	Pitcairn	GF108
Launch date	25 February 2013	22 February 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,099
Place in performance rating	402	602
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Price now		$275.14
Value for money (0-100)		3.18
Technical info
Core clock speed	825 MHz	700 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,267 gflops	268.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	768	96
Texture fill rate	39.6 GTexel / s	11.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	585 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Form factor	Full Height / Full Length
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	279 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	102.4 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3