NVIDIA Quadro M500M vs AMD Radeon R5 310 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M500M and AMD Radeon R5 310 OEM 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), 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).

NVIDIA Quadro M500M

AMD Radeon R5 310 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 775 MHz
2.9x more texture fill rate: 17.98 GTexel / s vs 6.2 GTexel / s
2.4x more pipelines: 384 vs 160
3.5x better floating-point performance: 863.2 gflops vs 248.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 35 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
3.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1163 vs 332
7.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6069 vs 770

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 April 2016 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s vs 6.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 160
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops vs 248.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 35 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1163 vs 332
Geekbench - OpenCL	6069 vs 770

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 310 OEM

3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 545 vs 180

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	545 vs 180

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M500M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 310 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1163

332

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

180

545

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6069

770

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M500M	AMD Radeon R5 310 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	1163	332
PassMark - G2D Mark	180	545
Geekbench - OpenCL	6069	770
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
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		2.002
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		110.092
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.228
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		5.678
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		23.621

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro M500M	AMD Radeon R5 310 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	TeraScale 2
Code name	GM108	Caicos
Launch date	27 April 2016	5 May 2015
Place in performance rating	1092	1095
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	775 MHz
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops	248.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	160
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s	6.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count		370 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		168 mm
API support
DirectX	12	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Shader Model	5.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
nView Display Management
Optimus