AMD FirePro S7150 vs NVIDIA Quadro 500M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S7150 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: 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), 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).

AMD FirePro S7150

NVIDIA Quadro 500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S7150

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 50% higher core clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 700 MHz
10.5x more texture fill rate: 117.6 GTexel / s vs 11.2 GTexel / s
18.7x more pipelines: 1792 vs 96
14x better floating-point performance: 3,763 gflops vs 268.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 1 GB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
4.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2727 vs 571
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 465 vs 365
3.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 29623 vs 8743

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2016 vs 22 February 2011
Core clock speed	1050 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate	117.6 GTexel / s vs 11.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 96
Floating-point performance	3,763 gflops vs 268.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2727 vs 571
PassMark - G2D Mark	465 vs 365
Geekbench - OpenCL	29623 vs 8743

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 500M

4.3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 150 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S7150
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro 500M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2727

571

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

465

365

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

29623

8743

Name	AMD FirePro S7150	NVIDIA Quadro 500M
PassMark - G3D Mark	2727	571
PassMark - G2D Mark	465	365
Geekbench - OpenCL	29623	8743
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	27.544
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	570.969
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.687
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	23.637
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6147
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	4359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	583
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6147
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	4359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	583

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S7150	NVIDIA Quadro 500M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Fermi
Code name	Tonga	GF108
Launch date	1 February 2016	22 February 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,399
Place in performance rating	634	602
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Price now		$275.14
Value for money (0-100)		3.18
Technical info
Core clock speed	1050 MHz	700 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,763 gflops	268.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1792	96
Texture fill rate	117.6 GTexel / s	11.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	585 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3