Quadro T500 Mobile vs Quadro 3000M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro 3000M and Quadro T500 Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Quadro 3000M
2011
2 GB GDDR5, 75 Watt
2.58

T500 Mobile outperforms 3000M by a whopping 253% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking814474
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.20no data
Power efficiency2.4836.48
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGF104TU117
Market segmentMobile workstationMobile workstation
Release date22 February 2011 (13 years ago)2 December 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$398.96 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 cores240896
Core clock speed450 MHz1365 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1695 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt18 Watt
Texture fill rate18.0094.92
Floating-point processing power0.432 TFLOPS3.037 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs4056

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 sizelargemedium sized
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed625 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth80 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA2.17.5

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.

Quadro 3000M 2.58
T500 Mobile 9.10
+253%

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.

Quadro 3000M 1539
T500 Mobile 7996
+420%

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 HD44
+22.2%
36
−22.2%
1440p4−5
−275%
15
+275%
4K4−5
−325%
17
+325%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−180%
14−16
+180%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
−175%
21−24
+175%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 12−14
Battlefield 5 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
−200%
18−20
+200%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−180%
14−16
+180%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−500%
30
+500%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
−257%
24−27
+257%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−362%
60−65
+362%
Hitman 3 7−8
−143%
16−18
+143%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20−22
−150%
50−55
+150%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−317%
24−27
+317%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
−173%
30−33
+173%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−57.9%
60−65
+57.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
−175%
21−24
+175%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 12−14
Battlefield 5 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
−200%
18−20
+200%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−180%
14−16
+180%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−460%
28
+460%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
−257%
24−27
+257%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−362%
60−65
+362%
Hitman 3 7−8
−143%
16−18
+143%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20−22
−150%
50−55
+150%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−1300%
27−30
+1300%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−317%
24−27
+317%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
−173%
30−33
+173%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−115%
28
+115%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−57.9%
60−65
+57.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
−175%
21−24
+175%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 12−14
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
−250%
21−24
+250%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−180%
14−16
+180%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−440%
27
+440%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−362%
60−65
+362%
Hitman 3 7−8
−243%
24−27
+243%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20−22
−250%
70−75
+250%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
−218%
35−40
+218%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−46.2%
19
+46.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−57.9%
60−65
+57.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−250%
21−24
+250%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5
−250%
14−16
+250%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−250%
14−16
+250%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−350%
9−10
+350%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−233%
10−11
+233%
Hitman 3 8−9
−238%
27−30
+238%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
−243%
24−27
+243%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%
Watch Dogs: Legion 14−16
−280%
55−60
+280%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−250%
21−24
+250%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 3−4

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−250%
14−16
+250%

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

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%

This is how Quadro 3000M and T500 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • Quadro 3000M is 22% faster in 1080p
  • T500 Mobile is 275% faster in 1440p
  • T500 Mobile is 325% faster in 4K

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

  • in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the T500 Mobile is 1300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • T500 Mobile is ahead in 40 tests (63%)
  • there's a draw in 24 tests (38%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.58 9.10
Recency 22 February 2011 2 December 2020
Chip lithography 40 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 18 Watt

T500 Mobile has a 252.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 233.3% more advanced lithography process, and 316.7% lower power consumption.

The Quadro T500 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro 3000M in performance tests.


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