AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM vs NVIDIA Quadro 500M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

NVIDIA Quadro 500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 29% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 700 MHz
2.7x more texture fill rate: 29.76 GTexel / s vs 11.2 GTexel / s
5.3x more pipelines: 512 vs 96
3.5x better floating-point performance: 952.3 gflops vs 268.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
2.6x more memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 394 vs 365
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1457 vs 571
4.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 40722 vs 8743

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 December 2013 vs 22 February 2011
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate	29.76 GTexel / s vs 11.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 96
Floating-point performance	952.3 gflops vs 268.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	394 vs 365
PassMark - G3D Mark	1457 vs 571
Geekbench - OpenCL	40722 vs 8743

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 500M

Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro 500M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

394

365

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1457

571

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

40722

8743

Name	AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro 500M
PassMark - G2D Mark	394	365
PassMark - G3D Mark	1457	571
Geekbench - OpenCL	40722	8743
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3112
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3112
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3168
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3168
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro 500M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Fermi
Code name	Cape Verde	GF108
Launch date	21 December 2013	22 February 2011
Place in performance rating	599	602
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Price now		$275.14
Value for money (0-100)		3.18
Technical info
Boost clock speed	930 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	700 MHz
Floating-point performance	952.3 gflops	268.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	512	96
Texture fill rate	29.76 GTexel / s	11.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	585 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	73.6 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3