NVIDIA Quadro M500M vs AMD Radeon R6 M340DX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M500M and AMD Radeon R6 M340DX 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 Radeon R6 M340DX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 8% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 955 MHz
Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 1030 MHz
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2174 vs 1025
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2174 vs 1025

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 April 2016 vs 12 December 2015
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 955 MHz
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz vs 1030 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2174 vs 1025
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2174 vs 1025

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R6 M340DX

Around 83% higher pipelines: 704 vs 384
2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 17639 vs 6069
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1940 vs 1729
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1940 vs 1729
Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 5475 vs 3122
Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 5475 vs 3122

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	704 vs 384
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	17639 vs 6069
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1940 vs 1729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1940 vs 1729
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	5475 vs 3122
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	5475 vs 3122

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M500M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R6 M340DX

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6069

17639

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2174

1025

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2174

1025

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1729

1940

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1729

1940

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3122

5475

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3122

5475

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M500M	AMD Radeon R6 M340DX
PassMark - G3D Mark	1163
PassMark - G2D Mark	180
Geekbench - OpenCL	6069	17639
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2174	1025
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2174	1025
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1729	1940
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1729	1940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3122	5475
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3122	5475

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro M500M	AMD Radeon R6 M340DX
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM108	Jet
Launch date	27 April 2016	12 December 2015
Place in performance rating	1092	1093
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz	1030 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	955 MHz
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	704
Texture fill rate	17.98 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)	IGP
Laptop size	large	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Shader Model	5.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
nView Display Management
Optimus