Quadro T500 Mobile vs GeForce GT 525M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GT 525M with Quadro T500 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

GT 525M
2011
1 GB DDR3, 23 Watt
1.18

T500 Mobile outperforms GT 525M by a whopping 673% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1058477
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.5835.33
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGF108TU117
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date5 January 2011 (13 years ago)2 December 2020 (3 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 cores96896
Core clock speed475 MHz1365 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1695 MHz
Number of transistors585 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt18 Watt
Texture fill rate7.60094.92
Floating-point processing power0.1824 TFLOPS3.037 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs1656

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 sizemedium sizedmedium sized
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/s80 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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA+7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

GT 525M 1.18
T500 Mobile 9.12
+673%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GT 525M 799
T500 Mobile 7996
+901%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GT 525M 630
T500 Mobile 4225
+571%

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:

900p13
−669%
100−110
+669%
Full HD20
−80%
36
+80%
1440p1−2
−1400%
15
+1400%
4K2−3
−750%
17
+750%

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 5−6
−340%
21−24
+340%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−350%
18−20
+350%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−367%
14−16
+367%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−2900%
30
+2900%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−733%
24−27
+733%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−5900%
60−65
+5900%
Hitman 3 6−7
−183%
16−18
+183%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−257%
50−55
+257%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−1150%
24−27
+1150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−275%
30−33
+275%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−87.5%
60−65
+87.5%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−340%
21−24
+340%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−350%
18−20
+350%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−367%
14−16
+367%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−2700%
28
+2700%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−733%
24−27
+733%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−5900%
60−65
+5900%
Hitman 3 6−7
−183%
16−18
+183%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−257%
50−55
+257%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−1150%
24−27
+1150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−275%
30−33
+275%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
−155%
28
+155%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−87.5%
60−65
+87.5%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−340%
21−24
+340%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−650%
30−33
+650%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−367%
14−16
+367%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−2600%
27
+2600%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−5900%
60−65
+5900%
Hitman 3 6−7
−650%
45−50
+650%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−614%
100−105
+614%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−650%
60−65
+650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
−72.7%
19
+72.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−87.5%
60−65
+87.5%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−600%
14−16
+600%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−600%
14−16
+600%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−800%
9−10
+800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
Hitman 3 7−8
−614%
50−55
+614%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
−650%
30−33
+650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
−1040%
55−60
+1040%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−650%
30−33
+650%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 0−1 5−6

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−600%
14−16
+600%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Battlefield 5 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Battlefield 5 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Metro Exodus 27−30
+0%
27−30
+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 New Dawn 24−27
+0%
24−27
+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 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 525M and T500 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • T500 Mobile is 669% faster in 900p
  • T500 Mobile is 80% faster in 1080p
  • T500 Mobile is 1400% faster in 1440p
  • T500 Mobile is 750% faster in 4K

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

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the T500 Mobile is 5900% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • T500 Mobile is ahead in 36 tests (54%)
  • there's a draw in 31 test (46%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.18 9.12
Recency 5 January 2011 2 December 2020
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 18 Watt

T500 Mobile has a 672.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 233.3% more advanced lithography process, and 27.8% lower power consumption.

The Quadro T500 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 525M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GT 525M is a notebook graphics card while Quadro T500 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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