NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM vs NVIDIA Quadro 500M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM

NVIDIA Quadro 500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 5% higher core clock speed: 736 MHz vs 700 MHz
3.2x more texture fill rate: 35.3 GTexel / s vs 11.2 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 288 vs 96
3.2x better floating-point performance: 847.9 gflops vs 268.8 gflops
2.1x more memory clock speed: 3828 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 447 vs 365
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1572 vs 571
3.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 27378 vs 8743

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 May 2011 vs 22 February 2011
Core clock speed	736 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate	35.3 GTexel / s vs 11.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	288 vs 96
Floating-point performance	847.9 gflops vs 268.8 gflops
Memory clock speed	3828 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	447 vs 365
PassMark - G3D Mark	1572 vs 571
Geekbench - OpenCL	27378 vs 8743

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 500M

4.3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 150 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro 500M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

447

365

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1572

571

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

27378

8743

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro 500M
PassMark - G2D Mark	447	365
PassMark - G3D Mark	1572	571
Geekbench - OpenCL	27378	8743
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2879
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2879
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3372
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3372
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3322
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3322

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro 500M
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Fermi
Code name	GF114	GF108
Launch date	14 May 2011	22 February 2011
Place in performance rating	602	603
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Price now		$275.14
Value for money (0-100)		3.18
Technical info
Core clock speed	736 MHz	700 MHz
Floating-point performance	847.9 gflops	268.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	288	96
Texture fill rate	35.3 GTexel / s	11.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	585 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	210 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	91.9 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3828 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3