NVIDIA Quadro M500M vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M500M and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 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 5500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 1 month(s) later
4.5x more core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 230 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 140 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 64 MB
9x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 200 MHz
145.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1163 vs 8
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 180 vs 152

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 April 2016 vs 17 March 2004
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 230 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 140 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1163 vs 8
PassMark - G2D Mark	180 vs 152

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

51.2x more texture fill rate: 920 MTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	920 MTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M500M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1163

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

180

152

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M500M	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
PassMark - G3D Mark	1163	8
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	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Rankine
Code name	GM108	NV34 B1
Launch date	27 April 2016	17 March 2004
Place in performance rating	1092	1089
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$36.99
Price now		$36.99
Value for money (0-100)		0.30
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	230 MHz
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	140 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s	920 MTexel / 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
Length		152 mm
API support
DirectX	12	9.0a
OpenGL	4.5	1.5 (2.1)
Shader Model	5.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
nView Display Management
Optimus