NVIDIA Quadro 500M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro 500M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300 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.

NVIDIA Quadro 500M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 350 MHz
4x more texture fill rate: 11.2 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
Around 57% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 55 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 550 MHz
16.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 571 vs 34
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 365 vs 276

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 February 2011 vs 9 August 2004
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	11.2 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 55 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 550 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	571 vs 34
PassMark - G2D Mark	365 vs 276

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro 500M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

571

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

365

276

Name	NVIDIA Quadro 500M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300
PassMark - G3D Mark	571	34
PassMark - G2D Mark	365	276
Geekbench - OpenCL	8743

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro 500M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Rankine
Code name	GF108	NV38 A1
Launch date	22 February 2011	9 August 2004
Place in performance rating	602	607
Price now	$275.14
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	3.18
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	268.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	96
Texture fill rate	11.2 GTexel / s	2.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	55 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	135 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		241 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR