NVIDIA Quadro M500M vs ATI Radeon HD 5470

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M500M and ATI Radeon HD 5470 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 HD 5470

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 58% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 650 MHz
3.5x more texture fill rate: 17.98 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
4.8x more pipelines: 384 vs 80
8.3x better floating-point performance: 863.2 gflops vs 104.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 800 MHz
4.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1171 vs 268
Around 80% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1729 vs 960
Around 80% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1729 vs 960
Around 76% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3122 vs 1771
Around 76% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3122 vs 1771

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 April 2016 vs 13 February 2012
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 80
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops vs 104.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1171 vs 268
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1729 vs 960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1729 vs 960
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3122 vs 1771
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3122 vs 1771

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5470

Around 58% lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 30 Watt
Around 65% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 298 vs 181

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 30 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	298 vs 181

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M500M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5470

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1171

268

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

181

298

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1729

960

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1729

960

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3122

1771

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3122

1771

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M500M	ATI Radeon HD 5470
PassMark - G3D Mark	1171	268
PassMark - G2D Mark	181	298
Geekbench - OpenCL	6099
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2174
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2174
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1729	960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1729	960
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3122	1771
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3122	1771

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro M500M	ATI Radeon HD 5470
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	TeraScale 2
Code name	GM108	Cedar
Launch date	27 April 2016	13 February 2012
Place in performance rating	1084	1089
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops	104.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	80
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s	5.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	19 Watt
Transistor count		292 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		170 mm
API support
DirectX	12	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Shader Model	5.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
nView Display Management
Optimus