NVIDIA Quadro M500M vs AMD Radeon R9 M275X

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Combined performance score

R9 M275X
3.97
+31%

Radeon R9 M275X outperforms Quadro M500M by 31% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking653731
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for moneyno data0.11
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code nameVenusGM108
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date28 January 2014 (10 years old)15 December 2015 (8 years old)
Current price$9.99 $775
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores640384
Compute units10no data
Core clock speed900 MHz1029 MHz
Boost clock speed925 MHz1124 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data30 Watt
Texture fill rate37.0017.98
Floating-point performance1,184 gflops863.2 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon R9 M275X 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
Bus supportPCIe 3.0 x16no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1125 MHz4004 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
Eyefinity1no data

Technologies

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

AppAcceleration-no data
Enduro-no data
FreeSync1no data
HD3D+no data
PowerTune+no data
DualGraphics1no data
TrueAudio-no data
ZeroCore+no data
Switchable graphics1no data
Optimusno data+
nView Display Managementno data+
Optimusno data+

API support

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

DirectXDirectX® 1112
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.44.5
OpenCLNot Listed1.2
Vulkanno data1.1.126
Mantle+no data
CUDAno data5.0

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.

R9 M275X 3.97
+31%
Quadro M500M 3.03

Radeon R9 M275X outperforms Quadro M500M by 31% 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%

R9 M275X 1537
+31%
Quadro M500M 1173

Radeon R9 M275X outperforms Quadro M500M by 31% 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 HD18−20
+20%
15
−20%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 3.97 3.03
Recency 28 January 2014 15 December 2015
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB

The Radeon R9 M275X is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro M500M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R9 M275X is a desktop 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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