NVIDIA Quadro M500M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M500M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M500M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 72% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 600 MHz
  • 2x more pipelines: 384 vs 192
  • Around 87% better floating-point performance: 863.2 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
  • 3.6x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 108 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1174 vs 799
  • 3.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 188 vs 60
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 April 2016 vs 30 March 2009
Core clock speed 1029 MHz vs 600 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 192
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt vs 108 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1174 vs 799
PassMark - G2D Mark 188 vs 60

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

  • 2.1x more texture fill rate: 38.4 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
  • 2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 13337 vs 5935
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3258 vs 3122
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3258 vs 3122
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 38.4 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 13337 vs 5935
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3258 vs 3122
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3258 vs 3122

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M500M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1174
799
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
188
60
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5935
13337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3122
3258
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3122
3258
Name NVIDIA Quadro M500M NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800
PassMark - G3D Mark 1174 799
PassMark - G2D Mark 188 60
Geekbench - OpenCL 5935 13337
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 3258
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3122 3258

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro M500M NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell Tesla 2.0
Code name GM108 GT200B
Launch date 27 April 2016 30 March 2009
Place in performance rating 1073 1347
Type Mobile workstation Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $799
Price now $109.99
Value for money (0-100) 9.89

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1124 MHz
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 600 MHz
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops 462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 384 192
Texture fill rate 17.98 GTexel / s 38.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt 108 Watt
Transistor count 1,400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Length 198 mm

API support

DirectX 12 10.0
OpenGL 4.5 3.3
Shader Model 5.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

nView Display Management
Optimus