NVIDIA Quadro M500M vs AMD Radeon R7 250E

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M500M and AMD Radeon R7 250E 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) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • Around 5% better floating-point performance: 863.2 gflops vs 819.2 gflops
  • Around 83% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 55 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Launch date 27 April 2016 vs 20 December 2013
Core clock speed 1029 MHz vs 800 MHz
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops vs 819.2 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt vs 55 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250E

  • Around 42% higher texture fill rate: 25.6 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 512 vs 384
  • 2.5x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2873 vs 2174
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2873 vs 2174
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3698 vs 1729
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3698 vs 1729
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 3122
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 3122
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 25.6 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Pipelines 512 vs 384
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2873 vs 2174
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2873 vs 2174
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3698 vs 1729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3698 vs 1729
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 3122
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 3122

Compare benchmarks

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

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2174
2873
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2174
2873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1729
3698
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1729
3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3122
3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3122
3355
Name NVIDIA Quadro M500M AMD Radeon R7 250E
PassMark - G3D Mark 1162
PassMark - G2D Mark 184
Geekbench - OpenCL 6053
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2174 2873
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2174 2873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1729 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1729 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3122 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3122 3355
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 21.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 582.073
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 38.669
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 98.052
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro M500M AMD Radeon R7 250E

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.0
Code name GM108 Cape Verde
Launch date 27 April 2016 20 December 2013
Place in performance rating 1081 1083
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $109

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1124 MHz
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 800 MHz
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops 819.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 512
Texture fill rate 17.98 GTexel / s 25.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt 55 Watt
Transistor count 1,500 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None None
Length 168 mm

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 72 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 4500 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

nView Display Management
Optimus