NVIDIA Quadro M500M vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M500M and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra 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

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 400 MHz
2.8x more texture fill rate: 17.98 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 81 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
Around 64% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1100 MHz
8.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1170 vs 139
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 188 vs 153

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 April 2016 vs 26 July 2004
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 81 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1170 vs 139
PassMark - G2D Mark	188 vs 153

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M500M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1170

139

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

188

153

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M500M	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	1170	139
PassMark - G2D Mark	188	153
Geekbench - OpenCL	5935
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	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Curie
Code name	GM108	NV40 A1
Launch date	27 April 2016	26 July 2004
Place in performance rating	1073	1071
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s	6.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	81 Watt
Transistor count		222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		197 mm
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Shader Model	5.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
nView Display Management
Optimus