AMD Radeon E9550 MXM vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E9550 MXM and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M 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: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon E9550 MXM

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E9550 MXM

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 95% higher core clock speed: 1120 MHz vs 575 MHz
2.2x more boost clock speed: 1266 MHz vs 575 MHz
13.2x more texture fill rate: 182.3 GTexel / s vs 13.8 GTexel / s
96x more pipelines: 2304 vs 24
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 90 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 512 MB
4.2x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Launch date	27 September 2016 vs 1 March 2007
Core clock speed	1120 MHz vs 575 MHz
Boost clock speed	1266 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	182.3 GTexel / s vs 13.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

2.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 95 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E9550 MXM
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

Name	AMD Radeon E9550 MXM	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M
Geekbench - OpenCL	36624
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	112.64
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1474.586
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	9.473
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	96.618
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	507.291
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6622
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3597
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3208
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6622
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3597
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3208
PassMark - G3D Mark		306
PassMark - G2D Mark		309

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon E9550 MXM	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Curie
Code name	Ellesmere	G71
Launch date	27 September 2016	1 March 2007
Place in performance rating	515	514
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$99.99
Price now		$99.99
Value for money (0-100)		3.97
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1266 MHz	575 MHz
Core clock speed	1120 MHz	575 MHz
Floating-point performance	5,834 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2304	24
Texture fill rate	182.3 GTexel / s	13.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	MXM-III
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	700 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256
Shared memory		0