AMD Radeon R7 370 vs NVIDIA Quadro 500M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 370 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, Technologies. 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R7 370

NVIDIA Quadro 500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 370

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
5.6x more texture fill rate: 62.4 GTexel / s vs 11.2 GTexel / s
10.7x more pipelines: 1024 vs 96
7.4x better floating-point performance: 1,997 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
7.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4520 vs 571
Around 66% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 605 vs 365
9.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 86561 vs 8743

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 June 2015 vs 22 February 2011
Texture fill rate	62.4 GTexel / s vs 11.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 96
Floating-point performance	1,997 gflops vs 268.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4520 vs 571
PassMark - G2D Mark	605 vs 365
Geekbench - OpenCL	86561 vs 8743

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 500M

3.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 110 Watt
Around 85% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 975 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 110 Watt
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 975 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 370
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro 500M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4520

571

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

605

365

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

86561

8743

Name	AMD Radeon R7 370	NVIDIA Quadro 500M
PassMark - G3D Mark	4520	571
PassMark - G2D Mark	605	365
Geekbench - OpenCL	86561	8743
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	72.514
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1506.404
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	116.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	359.237
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7102
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7102
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1499

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 370	NVIDIA Quadro 500M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Fermi
Code name	Trinidad	GF108
Design	AMD Radeon R7 300 Series
Launch date	18 June 2015	22 February 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$149
Place in performance rating	406	602
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Price now		$275.14
Value for money (0-100)		3.18
Technical info
Boost clock speed	975 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,997 gflops	268.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1024	96
Stream Processors	1024
Texture fill rate	62.4 GTexel / s	11.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	585 million
Core clock speed		700 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays	6
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	152 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	975 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)