AMD FirePro W5100 vs NVIDIA Quadro 500M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W5100 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), 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).

AMD FirePro W5100

NVIDIA Quadro 500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5100

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 700 MHz
4x more texture fill rate: 44.64 GTexel / s vs 11.2 GTexel / s
8x more pipelines: 768 vs 96
5.3x better floating-point performance: 1,428 gflops vs 268.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
5.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2978 vs 571
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 531 vs 365
Around 34% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11724 vs 8743

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 March 2014 vs 22 February 2011
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate	44.64 GTexel / s vs 11.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 96
Floating-point performance	1,428 gflops vs 268.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2978 vs 571
PassMark - G2D Mark	531 vs 365
Geekbench - OpenCL	11724 vs 8743

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 500M

Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W5100
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro 500M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2978

571

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

531

365

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

11724

8743

Name	AMD FirePro W5100	NVIDIA Quadro 500M
PassMark - G3D Mark	2978	571
PassMark - G2D Mark	531	365
Geekbench - OpenCL	11724	8743
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	35.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	838.518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	57.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	163.258
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W5100	NVIDIA Quadro 500M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Fermi
Code name	Bonaire	GF108
Launch date	31 March 2014	22 February 2011
Place in performance rating	627	630
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Price now		$275.14
Value for money (0-100)		3.18
Technical info
Core clock speed	930 MHz	700 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,428 gflops	268.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	768	96
Texture fill rate	44.64 GTexel / s	11.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	585 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort count	4
Dual-link DVI support
HD сomponent video output
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Form factor	Full Height / Half Length
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	171 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3