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).

AMD Radeon Sky 500

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

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
15.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4764 vs 306
Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 551 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	4764 vs 306
PassMark - G2D Mark	551 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

4764

306

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

551

309

Name	AMD Radeon Sky 500	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M
PassMark - G3D Mark	4764	306
PassMark - G2D Mark	551	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	510	511
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