RTX A500 Mobile vs Quadro FX 1600M

Place in the ranking	1293	309
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.01	no data
Power efficiency	0.47	20.40
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	G84	GA107S
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	1 June 2007 (17 years ago)	22 March 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$149.90	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	32	2048
Core clock speed	625 MHz	832 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1537 MHz
Number of transistors	289 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	60 Watt (20 - 60 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	10.00	98.37
Floating-point processing power	0.08 TFLOPS	6.296 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	48
TMUs	16	64
Tensor Cores	no data	64
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	16

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	no data
Interface	MXM-HE	PCIe 4.0 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	GDDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	96 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	11.1 (10_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	4.0	6.6
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	1.1	8.6

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.

FX 1600M 0.34

RTX A500 Mobile 17.55
+5062%

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.

FX 1600M 131

RTX A500 Mobile 6771
+5069%

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	0−1	46
1440p	-0−1	23

Cost per frame, $

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−1100%

24−27
+1100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −1067%	35−40 +1067%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −1450%	30−35 +1450%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1100%	24−27 +1100%
Hitman 3	4−5 −650%	30−33 +650%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −875%	75−80 +875%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −1175%	50−55 +1175%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −186%	80−85 +186%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −1067%	35−40 +1067%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −1450%	30−35 +1450%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1100%	24−27 +1100%
Hitman 3	4−5 −650%	30−33 +650%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −875%	75−80 +875%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −1450%	62 +1450%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −311%	35−40 +311%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −186%	80−85 +186%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −1067%	35−40 +1067%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −1450%	30−35 +1450%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1100%	24−27 +1100%
Hitman 3	4−5 −650%	30−33 +650%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −875%	75−80 +875%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −1250%	54 +1250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −222%	29 +222%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −186%	80−85 +186%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	8−9
Hitman 3	6−7 −200%	18−20 +200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −1500%	30−35 +1500%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−1150%

24−27
+1150%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −800%	9−10 +800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	7−8

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−600%

14−16
+600%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Battlefield 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Far Cry 5	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	100−105 +0%	100−105 +0%
Metro Exodus	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Battlefield 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Far Cry 5	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	100−105 +0%	100−105 +0%
Metro Exodus	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Far Cry 5	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	100−105 +0%	100−105 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

40−45

+0%

40−45

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Far Cry 5	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Metro Exodus	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	39 +0%	39 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Hitman 3	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Metro Exodus	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%

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

in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX A500 Mobile is 1500% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX A500 Mobile is ahead in 29 tests (41%)
there's a draw in 41 test (59%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.34	17.55
Recency	1 June 2007	22 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	4 GB
Chip lithography	80 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	60 Watt

FX 1600M has 20% lower power consumption.

RTX A500 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 5061.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 14 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 900% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A500 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro FX 1600M in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.