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    Quadro M500M vs Radeon R9 M290X

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro M500M and Radeon R9 M290X. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Quadro M500M and Radeon R9 M290X. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
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    Quadro M500M and Radeon R9 M290X are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Quadro M500M and Radeon R9 M290X are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Quadro M500M or Radeon R9 M290X here:

    Quadro M500M Laptops
    Radeon R9 M290X Laptops

    Main Specs

      Quadro M500M Radeon R9 M290X
    Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 100 Watt
    Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None None
    Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Radeon R9 M290X has 233% more power consumption, than Quadro M500M.
    • Quadro M500M is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon R9 M290X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • Radeon R9 M290X has 2 GB more memory, than Quadro M500M.
    • Quadro M500M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon R9 M290X - in Laptops.
    • Quadro M500M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R9 M290X - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of Quadro M500M is 179 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M290X.
    • Quadro M500M and Radeon R9 M290X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Quadro M500M is 2804 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M290X.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 0−1 16−18
    ultra / 1080p − 10−11
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
    4K / 2160p − 4−5
    low / 720p 12−14 30−35
    medium / 1080p 3−4 20−22
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M290X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 225% more, than Quadro M500M.

    Full Specs

      Quadro M500M Radeon R9 M290X
    Architecture Maxwell GCN
    Code name GM108 Neptune
    Type Mobile workstation Laptop
    Release date 15 December 2015 7 January 2014
    Pipelines 384 1280
    Core clock speed 1029 MHz 850 MHz
    Boost Clock 1124 MHz 900 MHz
    Transistor count 2,800 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 17.98 72.00
    Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops 2,304 gflops
    Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 4004 MHz 1200 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12
    Shader Model 5.0 5.1
    OpenGL 4.5 4.4
    OpenCL 1.2 Not Listed
    Vulkan 1.1.126
    CUDA 5.0
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 300 Mh/s
    Laptop size large large
    Optimus +
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    DualGraphics +
    ZeroCore +
    Switchable graphics +
    Mantle +
    Compute units 20
    nView Display Management +
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