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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | AMD Radeon Sky 500 | NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Curie |
Code name | Pitcairn | G71 |
Launch date | 27 March 2013 | 1 March 2007 |
Place in performance rating | 517 | 515 |
Type | Desktop | Mobile workstation |
Launch price (MSRP) | $99.99 | |
Price now | $99.99 | |
Value for money (0-100) | 3.97 | |
Technical info |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 1x DisplayPort | No outputs |
DisplayPort count | 1 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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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 |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_1) | 9.0c |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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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 |