NVIDIA Quadro M500M vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M500M and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 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 FX 5200

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 1 month(s) later
4.1x more core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 250 MHz
18x more texture fill rate: 17.98 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
4.5x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 400 MHz
145.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1164 vs 8
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 186 vs 154

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 April 2016 vs 6 March 2003
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1164 vs 8
PassMark - G2D Mark	186 vs 154

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M500M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1164

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

186

154

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M500M	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
PassMark - G3D Mark	1164	8
PassMark - G2D Mark	186	154
Geekbench - OpenCL	6014
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 FX 5200
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Rankine
Code name	GM108	NV34 A2
Launch date	27 April 2016	6 March 2003
Place in performance rating	1081	1079
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$69.99
Price now		$69.99
Value for money (0-100)		0.12
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	250 MHz
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt
Transistor count		45 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	None
API support
DirectX	12	9.0a
OpenGL	4.5	1.5 (2.1)
Shader Model	5.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
nView Display Management
Optimus