AMD FirePro W600 vs NVIDIA Quadro K500M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W600 and NVIDIA Quadro K500M 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 W600

NVIDIA Quadro K500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W600

Around 76% higher texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 512 vs 192
2.4x better floating-point performance: 768.0 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
3.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1683 vs 480
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 591 vs 184

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 192
Floating-point performance	768.0 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1683 vs 480
PassMark - G2D Mark	591 vs 184

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K500M

Around 13% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 750 MHz
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 75 Watt

Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 750 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W600
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro K500M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1683

480

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

591

184

Name	AMD FirePro W600	NVIDIA Quadro K500M
PassMark - G3D Mark	1683	480
PassMark - G2D Mark	591	184
Geekbench - OpenCL	6205
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	17.708
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	585.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.857
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	36.592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	93.116
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2331
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1555
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3250
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2331
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1555
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3250

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W600	NVIDIA Quadro K500M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Kepler
Code name	Cape Verde	GK107
Launch date	13 June 2012	1 June 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$599
Place in performance rating	904	905
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	768.0 gflops	326.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	512	192
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s	13.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	1,270 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	6x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	163 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	64 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3 / GDDR5
Shared memory		0