Radeon Pro Vega 64X vs Quadro 500M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro 500M and Radeon Pro Vega 64X, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Quadro 500M
2011
1 GB DDR3, 35 Watt
1.48

Pro Vega 64X outperforms 500M by a whopping 2301% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking982140
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.959.91
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameGF108Vega 10
Market segmentMobile workstationMobile workstation
Release date22 February 2011 (13 years ago)19 March 2019 (5 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 cores964096
Core clock speed700 MHz1250 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1468 MHz
Number of transistors585 million12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate11.20375.8
Floating-point processing power0.2688 TFLOPS12.03 TFLOPS
ROPs464
TMUs16256

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 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3HBM2
Maximum RAM amount1 GB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit2048 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/s512.0 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 outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.1.125
CUDA2.1-

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 500M 1.48
Pro Vega 64X 35.54
+2301%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Quadro 500M 570
Pro Vega 64X 13708
+2305%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.48 35.54
Recency 22 February 2011 19 March 2019
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 250 Watt

Quadro 500M has 614.3% lower power consumption.

Pro Vega 64X, on the other hand, has a 2301.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Pro Vega 64X is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro 500M in performance tests.


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