ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 vs Quadro M3000M
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 357 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 13.51 | no data |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) | Rage 7 (2001−2006) |
| GPU code name | GM204 | M7 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 18 August 2015 (9 years ago) | 1 December 2001 (22 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 1,024 | 2 |
| Core clock speed | 1050 MHz | 280 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 280 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 5,200 million | 60 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 27 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 67.20 | 0.56 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.15 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 32 | 1 |
| TMUs | 64 | 2 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | large | medium sized |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | AGP 4x |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
VRAM capacity and type
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 type | GDDR5 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 32 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1253 MHz | 200 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 160 GB/s | 3.2 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
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 Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
| Display Port | 1.2 | no data |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Optimus | + | - |
| 3D Vision Pro | + | no data |
| Mosaic | + | no data |
| nView Display Management | + | no data |
| Optimus | + | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 | 7.0 |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | + | N/A |
| CUDA | 5.2 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 18 August 2015 | 1 December 2001 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 32 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 27 Watt |
M3000M has an age advantage of 13 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.
ATI Mobility 7500, on the other hand, has 177.8% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Quadro M3000M and Mobility Radeon 7500. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro M3000M is a mobile workstation card while Mobility Radeon 7500 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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