Quadro T500 Mobile vs GeForce GT 220

Place in the ranking	1208	476
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.68	35.22
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	GT216	TU117
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Release date	12 October 2009 (15 years ago)	2 December 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$79.99	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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	48	896
Core clock speed	625 MHz	1365 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1695 MHz
Number of transistors	486 million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	58 Watt	18 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	9.840	94.92
Floating-point processing power	0.1277 TFLOPS	3.037 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	32
TMUs	16	56

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	no data	medium sized
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	168 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	790 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.3 GB/s	80 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	VGADVIHDMI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF + HDA	no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	4.1	6.6
OpenGL	3.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2
CUDA	+	7.5

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 HD	21 −71.4%	36 +71.4%
1440p	0−1	15
4K	1−2 −1600%	17 +1600%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	3.81	no data
4K	79.99	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−367%

14−16
+367%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −450%	21−24 +450%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −500%	18−20 +500%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −367%	14−16 +367%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −2400%	24−27 +2400%
Hitman 3	5−6 −240%	16−18 +240%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −355%	50−55 +355%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −400%	30−33 +400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −100%	60−65 +100%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −450%	21−24 +450%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −500%	18−20 +500%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −367%	14−16 +367%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −2400%	24−27 +2400%
Hitman 3	5−6 −240%	16−18 +240%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −355%	50−55 +355%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −400%	30−33 +400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −180%	28 +180%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −100%	60−65 +100%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −450%	21−24 +450%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −1400%	45−50 +1400%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −367%	14−16 +367%
Hitman 3	5−6 −1500%	80−85 +1500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −1445%	170−180 +1445%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −1483%	95−100 +1483%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −90%	19 +90%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −100%	60−65 +100%

1440p
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−1500%

16−18
+1500%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	9−10
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −900%	10−11 +900%
Hitman 3	6−7 −1483%	95−100 +1483%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −1400%	45−50 +1400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −5600%	55−60 +5600%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−1400%

45−50
+1400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	4−5

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−1400%

30−33
+1400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Battlefield 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Far Cry 5	30 +0%	30 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Battlefield 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Far Cry 5	28 +0%	28 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Metro Exodus	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Battlefield 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Far Cry 5	27 +0%	27 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Hitman 3	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Battlefield 5	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Hitman 3	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Metro Exodus	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%

This is how GT 220 and T500 Mobile compete in popular games:

T500 Mobile is 71% faster in 1080p
T500 Mobile is 1600% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the T500 Mobile is 5600% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

T500 Mobile is ahead in 26 tests (39%)
there's a draw in 40 tests (61%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.57	9.12
Recency	12 October 2009	2 December 2020
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	58 Watt	18 Watt

T500 Mobile has a 1500% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 233.3% more advanced lithography process, and 222.2% lower power consumption.

The Quadro T500 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 220 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GT 220 is a desktop card while Quadro T500 Mobile 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.