NVIDIA Quadro 500M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro 500M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M 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 1500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 87% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 375 MHz
Around 24% higher texture fill rate: 11.2 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
4.8x more pipelines: 96 vs 20
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 45 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
3.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 571 vs 171
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 365 vs 275

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 February 2011 vs 18 April 2006
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 375 MHz
Texture fill rate	11.2 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
Pipelines	96 vs 20
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 45 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	571 vs 171
PassMark - G2D Mark	365 vs 275

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro 500M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

571

171

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

365

275

Name	NVIDIA Quadro 500M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
PassMark - G3D Mark	571	171
PassMark - G2D Mark	365	275
Geekbench - OpenCL	8743

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro 500M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Curie
Code name	GF108	G71
Launch date	22 February 2011	18 April 2006
Place in performance rating	605	603
Price now	$275.14
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	3.18
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	375 MHz
Floating-point performance	268.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	96	20
Texture fill rate	11.2 GTexel / s	9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	278 million
Boost clock speed		375 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	MXM-II
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	500 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	256
Shared memory		0