NVIDIA Quadro M500M vs AMD FirePro M4150

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M500M and AMD FirePro M4150 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: 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 Quadro M500M

AMD FirePro M4150

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 44% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 715 MHz
Around 5% higher texture fill rate: 17.98 GTexel / s vs 17.16 GTexel / s
Around 57% better floating-point performance: 863.2 gflops vs 549.1 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1171 vs 995
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 181 vs 171
Around 58% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6099 vs 3862
Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2174 vs 1764
Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2174 vs 1764

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 April 2016 vs 16 October 2013
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 715 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s vs 17.16 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops vs 549.1 gflops
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1171 vs 995
PassMark - G2D Mark	181 vs 171
Geekbench - OpenCL	6099 vs 3862
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2174 vs 1764
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2174 vs 1764

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M4150

2.2x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2181 vs 1729
Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2181 vs 1729
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 3122
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 3122

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2181 vs 1729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2181 vs 1729
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354 vs 3122
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354 vs 3122

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M500M
GPU 2: AMD FirePro M4150

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1171

995

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

181

171

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6099

3862

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2174

1764

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2174

1764

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1729

2181

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1729

2181

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3122

3354

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3122

3354

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M500M	AMD FirePro M4150
PassMark - G3D Mark	1171	995
PassMark - G2D Mark	181	171
Geekbench - OpenCL	6099	3862
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2174	1764
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2174	1764
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1729	2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1729	2181
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3122	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3122	3354

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro M500M	AMD FirePro M4150
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM108	Opal
Launch date	27 April 2016	16 October 2013
Place in performance rating	1084	1086
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	715 MHz
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops	549.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	384
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s	17.16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt
Transistor count		1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Shader Model	5.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	64 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
nView Display Management
Optimus