NVIDIA Quadro M500M vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M500M and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 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 NVS 290

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 459 MHz
4.9x more texture fill rate: 17.98 GTexel / s vs 3.67 GTexel / s
24x more pipelines: 384 vs 16
29.4x better floating-point performance: 863.2 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 800 MHz
5.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1170 vs 228
4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 188 vs 47
6.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3122 vs 499
6.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3122 vs 499

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 April 2016 vs 4 October 2007
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 459 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s vs 3.67 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 16
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1170 vs 228
PassMark - G2D Mark	188 vs 47
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3122 vs 499
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3122 vs 499

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 21 Watt vs 30 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	21 Watt vs 30 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M500M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1170

228

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

188

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3122

499

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3122

499

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M500M	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
PassMark - G3D Mark	1170	228
PassMark - G2D Mark	188	47
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	499
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3122	499

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro M500M	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Tesla
Code name	GM108	G86
Launch date	27 April 2016	4 October 2007
Place in performance rating	1073	1649
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$149
Price now		$37
Value for money (0-100)		3.22
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	459 MHz
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops	29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	384	16
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s	3.67 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	21 Watt
Transistor count		210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		168 mm
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Shader Model	5.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Technologies
nView Display Management
Optimus