NVIDIA Quadro M500M vs ATI Radeon 9700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M500M and ATI Radeon 9700 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

ATI Radeon 9700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 9 month(s) later
3.7x more core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 275 MHz
8.2x more texture fill rate: 17.98 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm
Around 23% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 37 Watt
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 540 MHz
26.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1163 vs 44
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 180 vs 152

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 April 2016 vs 1 July 2002
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 150 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 37 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 540 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1163 vs 44
PassMark - G2D Mark	180 vs 152

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M500M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1163

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

180

152

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M500M	ATI Radeon 9700
PassMark - G3D Mark	1163	44
PassMark - G2D Mark	180	152
Geekbench - OpenCL	6069
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2174
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2174
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1729
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3122
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3122

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro M500M	ATI Radeon 9700
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Rage 8
Code name	GM108	R300
Launch date	27 April 2016	1 July 2002
Place in performance rating	1092	1090
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	275 MHz
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	37 Watt
Transistor count		110 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	AGP 8x
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	Floppy
API support
DirectX	12	9.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Shader Model	5.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	17.28 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	540 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
nView Display Management
Optimus