Matrox Parhelia-LX vs Quadro M500M

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	737	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.12	no data
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	Parhelia (2002−2006)
GPU code name	GM108	Parhelia-LX
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Release date	15 December 2015 (8 years ago)	2 January 2002 (22 years ago)
Current price	$775	$142

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

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 cores	384	no data
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	250 MHz
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	no data	80 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	17.98	1.000
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro M500M and Matrox Parhelia-LX 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 size	large	no data
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	AGP 8x
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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	GDDR3	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4004 MHz	500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	8 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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

2x DVI

Supported technologies

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

Optimus	+	no data
nView Display Management	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12	8.1
Shader Model	5.0	no data
OpenGL	4.5	1.5
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	5.0	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	15 December 2015	2 January 2002
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	150 nm

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