NVIDIA Quadro M500M vs AMD Radeon R7 250

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M500M and AMD Radeon R7 250 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M500M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 1050 MHz
  • Around 20% better floating-point performance: 863.2 gflops vs 716.8 gflops
  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • Around 57% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1150 MHz
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1171 vs 1051
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 April 2016 vs 8 October 2013
Boost clock speed 1124 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops vs 716.8 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt vs 75 Watt
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1150 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1171 vs 1051

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250

  • Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 22.4 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
  • Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 283 vs 181
  • Around 23% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7525 vs 6099
  • Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3170 vs 1729
  • Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3170 vs 1729
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3122
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3122
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 22.4 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 283 vs 181
Geekbench - OpenCL 7525 vs 6099
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2179 vs 2174
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2179 vs 2174
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3170 vs 1729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3170 vs 1729
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3122
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3122

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M500M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 250

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1171
1051
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
181
283
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
6099
7525
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2174
2179
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2174
2179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1729
3170
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1729
3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3122
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3122
3356
Name NVIDIA Quadro M500M AMD Radeon R7 250
PassMark - G3D Mark 1171 1051
PassMark - G2D Mark 181 283
Geekbench - OpenCL 6099 7525
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2174 2179
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2174 2179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1729 3170
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1729 3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3122 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3122 3356
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 20.161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 304.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 30.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 96.934
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro M500M AMD Radeon R7 250

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.0
Code name GM108 Oland
Launch date 27 April 2016 8 October 2013
Place in performance rating 1084 1087
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $89
Price now $78.34
Value for money (0-100) 27.62

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1124 MHz 1050 MHz
Core clock speed 1029 MHz
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops 716.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 384
Texture fill rate 17.98 GTexel / s 22.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt 75 Watt
Stream Processors 384
Transistor count 1,040 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None N / A
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Length 168 mm

API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Shader Model 5.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 72 GB/s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1150 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 DDR3 / GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

nView Display Management
Optimus
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync