NVIDIA GRID M3-3020 vs NVIDIA Quadro M500M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID M3-3020 and NVIDIA Quadro M500M 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: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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).

NVIDIA GRID M3-3020

NVIDIA Quadro M500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M3-3020

Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 1306 MHz vs 1124 MHz
2.9x more texture fill rate: 52.24 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
Around 94% better floating-point performance: 1,672 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
2.9x more memory clock speed: 5200 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Core clock speed	1033 MHz vs 1029 MHz
Boost clock speed	1306 MHz vs 1124 MHz
Texture fill rate	52.24 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,672 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID M3-3020
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro M500M

Name	NVIDIA GRID M3-3020	NVIDIA Quadro M500M
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	41.997
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	726.846
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.442
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	30.991
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	155.196
PassMark - G3D Mark		1170
PassMark - G2D Mark		188
Geekbench - OpenCL		5935
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2174
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2174
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1729
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3122
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3122

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID M3-3020	NVIDIA Quadro M500M
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Maxwell
Code name	GM107	GM108
Launch date	18 May 2016	27 April 2016
Place in performance rating	1249	1073
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1306 MHz	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	1033 MHz	1029 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,672 gflops	863.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	384
Texture fill rate	52.24 GTexel / s	17.98 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,870 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		30 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model		5.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	83.2 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
nView Display Management
Optimus