Zhongshan Subor Z+ vs Quadro M500M
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 824 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 7.15 | no data |
| Architecture | Maxwell (2014−2017) | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) |
| GPU code name | GM108 | Fenghuang |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 27 April 2016 (9 years ago) | 3 August 2018 (7 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 | 384 | 1536 |
| Core clock speed | 1029 MHz | 1300 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1124 MHz | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 30 Watt | 100 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 17.98 | 124.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.8632 TFLOPS | 3.994 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 32 |
| TMUs | 16 | 96 |
| L1 Cache | 128 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 1024 KB | no data |
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 | no data |
| Interface | MXM-A (3.0) | IGP |
| 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 | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 14.4 GB/s | 153.6 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Optimus | + | - |
| nView Display Management | + | no data |
| Optimus | + | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.2 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 5.0 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 27 April 2016 | 3 August 2018 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 30 Watt | 100 Watt |
Quadro M500M has 233.3% lower power consumption.
Zhongshan Subor Z+, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro M500M and Zhongshan Subor Z+. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro M500M is a mobile workstation graphics card while Zhongshan Subor Z+ is a mobile workstation one.
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