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
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| Name | NVIDIA Quadro M500M | AMD Radeon R7 250 |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| 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 |
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| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | |
Memory |
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| 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 |
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