AMD Radeon 530 vs NVIDIA Quadro M500M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 530 and NVIDIA Quadro M500M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 530

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
  • 1367.1x more texture fill rate: 24.58 GTexel/s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • 2.5x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
  • Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2246 vs 1729
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 3122
  • Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2246 vs 1729
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 3122
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 27 April 2016
Texture fill rate 24.58 GTexel/s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2246 vs 1729
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 3122
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2246 vs 1729
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 3122

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M500M

  • Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 1024 MHz
  • Around 8% better floating-point performance: 863.2 gflops vs 800 GFLOPs
  • Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 50 Watt
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1163 vs 1028
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 180 vs 175
  • Around 21% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6069 vs 5020
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2174 vs 2021
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2174 vs 2021
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1029 MHz vs 1024 MHz
Boost clock speed 1124 MHz vs 1024 MHz
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops vs 800 GFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1163 vs 1028
PassMark - G2D Mark 180 vs 175
Geekbench - OpenCL 6069 vs 5020
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2174 vs 2021
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2174 vs 2021

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 530
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro M500M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1028
1163
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
175
180
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5020
6069
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2021
2174
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2246
1729
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3122
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2021
2174
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2246
1729
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3122
Name AMD Radeon 530 NVIDIA Quadro M500M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1028 1163
PassMark - G2D Mark 175 180
Geekbench - OpenCL 5020 6069
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2021 2174
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2246 1729
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 3122
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2021 2174
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2246 1729
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 3122
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 506

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon 530 NVIDIA Quadro M500M

Essentials

Architecture GCN Maxwell
Code name Meso GM108
Design Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation 3rd Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 27 April 2016
Place in performance rating 1094 1096
Type Desktop, Laptop Mobile workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1024 MHz 1124 MHz
Compute units 6
Core clock speed 1024 MHz 1029 MHz
Floating-point performance 800 GFLOPs 863.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 384
Pixel fill rate 8.20 GP/s
Render output units 8
Stream Processors 320/384
Texture fill rate 24.58 GTexel/s 17.98 GTexel / s
Texture Units 20/24
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 30 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None None
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan
Shader Model 5.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 48 GB/s 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3/GDDR5 GDDR3
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
DualGraphics
Enduro
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
TressFX
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
nView Display Management
Optimus