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RTX 1000 Mobile Ada Generation vs Quadro 500M

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Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking946not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGF108AD107
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date22 February 2011 (13 years ago)26 February 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores962560
Core clock speed700 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data2025 MHz
Number of transistors585 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate11.20162.0
Floating-point performance0.2688 gflopsno 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).

InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)PCIe 4.0 x8

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 GB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1800 MHz16 GB/s
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/s192.0 GB/s

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 outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA2.18.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 February 2011 26 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm

RTX 1000 Mobile Ada Generation has an age advantage of 13 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro 500M and RTX 1000 Mobile Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro 500M is a mobile workstation card while RTX 1000 Mobile Ada Generation is a mobile workstation one.


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