NVIDIA Quadro M600M vs AMD FirePro D500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M600M and AMD FirePro D500 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s).

NVIDIA Quadro M600M

AMD FirePro D500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M600M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 42% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 725 MHz
9.1x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 274 Watt

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 August 2015 vs 18 January 2014
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 725 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 274 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 3349

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro D500

3.9x more texture fill rate: 69.6 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 1536 vs 384
2.6x better floating-point performance: 2,227 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 5080 MHz vs 5012 MHz
3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 17662 vs 5832
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6020 vs 2945
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6020 vs 2945

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	69.6 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 384
Floating-point performance	2,227 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5080 MHz vs 5012 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	17662 vs 5832
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6020 vs 2945
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6020 vs 2945
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3685 vs 3681
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3685 vs 3681

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M600M
GPU 2: AMD FirePro D500

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5832

17662

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2945

6020

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2945

6020

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3681

3685

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3681

3685

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3349

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3349

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M600M	AMD FirePro D500
PassMark - G3D Mark	2177
PassMark - G2D Mark	357
Geekbench - OpenCL	5832	17662
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2945	6020
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2945	6020
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3681	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3681	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359	3349
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		49.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1063.081
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.568
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		65.789

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro M600M	AMD FirePro D500
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM107	Tahiti
Launch date	18 August 2015	18 January 2014
Place in performance rating	673	666
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	725 MHz
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops	2,227 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	1536
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s	69.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	274 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI
Display Port	1.2
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
Length		279 mm
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Shader Model	5.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	80 GB / s	243.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	5080 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus