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.

NVIDIA Quadro M500M

AMD Radeon R7 250E

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	1163
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