Quadro T500 Mobile vs Quadro FX 5600

Place in the ranking	1024	493
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.01	no data
Power efficiency	0.55	34.42
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	G80	TU117
Market segment	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	5 March 2007 (17 years ago)	2 December 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,999	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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	128	896
Core clock speed	600 MHz	1365 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1695 MHz
Number of transistors	681 million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	171 Watt	18 Watt
Texture fill rate	38.40	94.92
Floating-point processing power	0.3456 TFLOPS	3.037 TFLOPS
ROPs	24	32
TMUs	32	56

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	no data	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	254 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	no data

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	1536 MB	2 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	76.8 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

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

No outputs

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	4.0	6.6
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2
CUDA	+	7.5

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	5−6 −620%	36 +620%
1440p	2−3 −650%	15 +650%
4K	2−3 −750%	17 +750%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	599.80	no data
1440p	1499.50	no data
4K	1499.50	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

18−20

+0%

18−20

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	8 +0%	8 +0%
Far Cry 5	30 +0%	30 +0%
Fortnite	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Valorant	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	6 +0%	6 +0%
Dota 2	90 +0%	90 +0%
Far Cry 5	28 +0%	28 +0%
Fortnite	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	31 +0%	31 +0%
Metro Exodus	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	28 +0%	28 +0%
Valorant	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
World of Tanks	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	5 +0%	5 +0%
Dota 2	75 +0%	75 +0%
Far Cry 5	27 +0%	27 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	19 +0%	19 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite

50−55

+0%

50−55

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V	13 +0%	13 +0%
Metro Exodus	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Valorant	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Far Cry 5	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite

21−24

+0%

21−24

+0%

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V	14 +0%	14 +0%
Metro Exodus	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Valorant	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Dota 2	28 +0%	28 +0%
Far Cry 5	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite

9−10

+0%

9−10

+0%

This is how FX 5600 and T500 Mobile compete in popular games:

T500 Mobile is 620% faster in 1080p
T500 Mobile is 650% faster in 1440p
T500 Mobile is 750% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 54 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.31	8.65
Recency	5 March 2007	2 December 2020
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	2 GB
Chip lithography	90 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	171 Watt	18 Watt

T500 Mobile has a 560.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 650% more advanced lithography process, and 850% lower power consumption.

The Quadro T500 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro FX 5600 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro FX 5600 is a workstation 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.