NVIDIA Quadro M500M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M500M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400 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 Quadro FX 1400

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.9x more core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 350 MHz
4.3x more texture fill rate: 17.98 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
Around 83% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 55 Watt
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 600 MHz
9.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1163 vs 124
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 184 vs 152

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 April 2016 vs 9 August 2004
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 55 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1163 vs 124
PassMark - G2D Mark	184 vs 152

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M500M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1163

124

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

184

152

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M500M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400
PassMark - G3D Mark	1163	124
PassMark - G2D Mark	184	152
Geekbench - OpenCL	6053
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 Quadro FX 1400
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Curie
Code name	GM108	NV41
Launch date	27 April 2016	9 August 2004
Place in performance rating	1081	1078
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$799
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s	4.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	55 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	None
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Shader Model	5.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
nView Display Management
Optimus