M500M vs FX 5800

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Combined performance score

FX 5800
3.16
+4.3%

FX 5800 outperforms M500M by 4% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking708730
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.590.11
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code nameGT200BGM108
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date11 November 2008 (15 years old)15 December 2015 (8 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,499 no data
Current price$157 (0x MSRP)$775
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FX 5800 has 436% better value for money than Quadro M500M.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores240384
Core clock speed610 MHz1029 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1124 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology55 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)189 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rate48.8017.98
Floating-point performance622.1 gflops863.2 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on Quadro FX 5800 and Quadro M500M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16MXM-A (3.0)
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width512 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1600 MHz4004 MHz
Memory bandwidth102.4 GB/s14.4 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimusno data+
nView Display Managementno data+
Optimusno data+

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12
Shader Model4.05.0
OpenGL3.34.5
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA1.35.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FX 5800 3.16
+4.3%
Quadro M500M 3.03

FX 5800 outperforms M500M by 4% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

FX 5800 1223
+4.3%
Quadro M500M 1173

FX 5800 outperforms M500M by 4% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD14−16
−7.1%
15
+7.1%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 3.16 3.03
Recency 11 November 2008 15 December 2015
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 189 Watt 30 Watt

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 5800 and Quadro M500M. The differences in performance seem too small.

Be aware that Quadro FX 5800 is a workstation card while Quadro M500M is a mobile workstation one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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