Quadro T500 Mobile vs GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile

Place in the ranking	92	483
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	25.49	34.32
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2024)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	GA104	TU117
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)	2 December 2020 (4 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	6144	896
Core clock speed	1110 MHz	1365 MHz
Boost clock speed	1545 MHz	1695 MHz
Number of transistors	17,400 million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	18 Watt
Texture fill rate	296.6	94.92
Floating-point processing power	18.98 TFLOPS	3.037 TFLOPS
ROPs	96	32
TMUs	192	56
Tensor Cores	192	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	48	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	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16

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	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	448.0 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

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.5	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.2	1.2
CUDA	8.6	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.

RTX 3080 Mobile 42.76
+375%

T500 Mobile 9.01

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.

RTX 3080 Mobile 37933
+374%

T500 Mobile 7996

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.

RTX 3080 Mobile 27194
+544%

T500 Mobile 4225

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 3080 Mobile 107695
+359%

T500 Mobile 23453

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

RTX 3080 Mobile 10752
+502%

T500 Mobile 1788

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	120 +233%	36 −233%
1440p	75 +400%	15 −400%
4K	44 +159%	17 −159%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

134
+857%

14−16

−857%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	122 +455%	21−24 −455%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	98 +654%	12−14 −654%
Battlefield 5	130−140 +393%	27−30 −393%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85 +367%	18−20 −367%
Cyberpunk 2077	117 +736%	14−16 −736%
Far Cry 5	85−90 +193%	30 −193%
Far Cry New Dawn	100−110 +308%	24−27 −308%
Forza Horizon 4	190−200 +228%	60−65 −228%
Hitman 3	130 +665%	16−18 −665%
Horizon Zero Dawn	170−180 +240%	50−55 −240%
Metro Exodus	130−140 +381%	27−30 −381%
Red Dead Redemption 2	95−100 +280%	24−27 −280%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	150−160 +410%	30−33 −410%
Watch Dogs: Legion	130−140 +120%	60−65 −120%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	188 +755%	21−24 −755%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	79 +508%	12−14 −508%
Battlefield 5	130−140 +393%	27−30 −393%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85 +367%	18−20 −367%
Cyberpunk 2077	99 +607%	14−16 −607%
Far Cry 5	85−90 +214%	28 −214%
Far Cry New Dawn	100−110 +308%	24−27 −308%
Forza Horizon 4	190−200 +228%	60−65 −228%
Hitman 3	117 +588%	16−18 −588%
Horizon Zero Dawn	170−180 +240%	50−55 −240%
Metro Exodus	144 +414%	27−30 −414%
Red Dead Redemption 2	96 +284%	24−27 −284%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	213 +610%	30−33 −610%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	85−90 +204%	28 −204%
Watch Dogs: Legion	227 +278%	60−65 −278%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	75 +241%	21−24 −241%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	69 +431%	12−14 −431%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85 +425%	16−18 −425%
Cyberpunk 2077	90 +543%	14−16 −543%
Far Cry 5	85−90 +226%	27 −226%
Forza Horizon 4	157 +162%	60−65 −162%
Hitman 3	108 +414%	21−24 −414%
Horizon Zero Dawn	155 +417%	30−33 −417%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	185 +429%	35−40 −429%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	106 +458%	19 −458%
Watch Dogs: Legion	74 +23.3%	60−65 −23.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

95
+428%

18−20

−428%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	80−85 +400%	16−18 −400%
Far Cry New Dawn	60−65 +425%	12−14 −425%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	62 +589%	9−10 −589%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	60 +1100%	5−6 −1100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50 +390%	10−11 −390%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 +750%	4−5 −750%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +380%	10−11 −380%
Forza Horizon 4	230−240 +505%	35−40 −505%
Hitman 3	76 +375%	16−18 −375%
Horizon Zero Dawn	121 +404%	24−27 −404%
Metro Exodus	90 +400%	18−20 −400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	141 +422%	27−30 −422%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	79 +394%	16−18 −394%
Watch Dogs: Legion	177 +211%	55−60 −211%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

83
+419%

16−18

−419%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	40−45 +425%	8−9 −425%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 +400%	7−8 −400%
Hitman 3	47 +840%	5−6 −840%
Horizon Zero Dawn	33 −9.1%	35−40 +9.1%
Metro Exodus	74 +957%	7−8 −957%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	70 +1067%	6−7 −1067%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	43 +760%	5−6 −760%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	38 +850%	4−5 −850%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 +440%	5−6 −440%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 +1400%	1−2 −1400%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +400%	5−6 −400%
Forza Horizon 4	87 +691%	10−12 −691%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	79 +394%	16−18 −394%
Watch Dogs: Legion	33 +1000%	3−4 −1000%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+411%

9−10
−411%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

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

Battlefield 5	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%

This is how RTX 3080 Mobile and T500 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 3080 Mobile is 233% faster in 1080p
RTX 3080 Mobile is 400% faster in 1440p
RTX 3080 Mobile is 159% faster in 4K

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

in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3080 Mobile is 1400% faster.
in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the T500 Mobile is 9% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 3080 Mobile is ahead in 51 test (75%)
T500 Mobile is ahead in 1 test (1%)
there's a draw in 16 tests (24%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	42.76	9.01
Recency	12 January 2021	2 December 2020
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	8 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	18 Watt

RTX 3080 Mobile has a 374.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 month, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 50% more advanced lithography process.

T500 Mobile, on the other hand, has 538.9% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro T500 Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile is a notebook graphics 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.