AMD Radeon Sky 500 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Sky 500 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: 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Sky 500

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 65% higher core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 575 MHz
  • 5.5x more texture fill rate: 76 GTexel / s vs 13.8 GTexel / s
  • 53.3x more pipelines: 1280 vs 24
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
  • 4x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • 15.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4709 vs 306
  • Around 85% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 572 vs 309
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 March 2013 vs 1 March 2007
Core clock speed 950 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate 76 GTexel / s vs 13.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1280 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4709 vs 306
PassMark - G2D Mark 572 vs 309

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

  • 3.3x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 150 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Sky 500
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4709
306
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
572
309
Name AMD Radeon Sky 500 NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M
PassMark - G3D Mark 4709 306
PassMark - G2D Mark 572 309
Geekbench - OpenCL 74902
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 54.669
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1096.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 89.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 247.642
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3585
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5116
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3585
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5116

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Sky 500 NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Curie
Code name Pitcairn G71
Launch date 27 March 2013 1 March 2007
Place in performance rating 516 514
Type Desktop Mobile workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $99.99
Price now $99.99
Value for money (0-100) 3.97

Technical info

Core clock speed 950 MHz 575 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 1280 24
Texture fill rate 76 GTexel / s 13.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 45 Watt
Transistor count 2,800 million 278 million
Boost clock speed 575 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DisplayPort No outputs
DisplayPort count 1
Dual-link DVI support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Full Length
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-III
Length 242 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 9.0c
OpenGL 4.5 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 154 GB / s 38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 700 Bit
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 256
Shared memory 0