Radeon RX 550X Mobile vs Quadro M500M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro M500M with Radeon RX 550X Mobile, including specs and performance data.

Quadro M500M
2016
2 GB GDDR3, 30 Watt
3.01

RX 550X Mobile outperforms M500M by a whopping 101% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking776584
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.888.31
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGM108Polaris 23
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date27 April 2016 (8 years ago)11 April 2018 (6 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 cores384640
Core clock speed1029 MHz1100 MHz
Boost clock speed1124 MHz1287 MHz
Number of transistorsno data2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate17.9851.48
Floating-point processing power0.8632 TFLOPS1.647 TFLOPS
ROPs816
TMUs1640

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 sizelargelarge
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s96 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

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync-+
Optimus+-
nView Display Management+no data
Optimus+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX1212 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA5.0-

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 M500M 3.01
RX 550X Mobile 6.06
+101%

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 M500M 2365
RX 550X Mobile 5345
+126%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Quadro M500M 7959
RX 550X Mobile 14520
+82.4%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Quadro M500M 1595
RX 550X Mobile 3688
+131%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Quadro M500M 8348
RX 550X Mobile 20039
+140%

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Quadro M500M 126522
RX 550X Mobile 184578
+45.9%

Unigine Heaven 3.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark using Unigine, a 3D game engine by eponymous Russian company. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. Version 3.0 was released in 2012, and in 2013 it was superseded by Heaven 4.0, which introduced several slight improvements, including a newer version of Unigine.

Quadro M500M 21
RX 550X Mobile 35
+63.9%

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 HD15
−73.3%
26
+73.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−66.7%
10−11
+66.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−77.8%
16−18
+77.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%
Battlefield 5 5−6
−240%
16−18
+240%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−85.7%
12−14
+85.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−66.7%
10−11
+66.7%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−117%
12−14
+117%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
−113%
16−18
+113%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−150%
40−45
+150%
Hitman 3 8−9
−50%
12−14
+50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−60.9%
35−40
+60.9%
Metro Exodus 4−5
−300%
16−18
+300%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−143%
16−18
+143%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−117%
26
+117%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−28.2%
50−55
+28.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−77.8%
16−18
+77.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%
Battlefield 5 5−6
−240%
16−18
+240%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−85.7%
12−14
+85.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−66.7%
10−11
+66.7%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−117%
12−14
+117%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
−113%
16−18
+113%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−150%
40−45
+150%
Hitman 3 8−9
−50%
12−14
+50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−60.9%
35−40
+60.9%
Metro Exodus 4−5
−300%
16−18
+300%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−143%
16−18
+143%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−75%
21−24
+75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20
+0%
20−22
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−28.2%
50−55
+28.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−77.8%
16−18
+77.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−85.7%
12−14
+85.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−66.7%
10−11
+66.7%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−117%
12−14
+117%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−150%
40−45
+150%
Hitman 3 8−9
−50%
12−14
+50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−60.9%
35−40
+60.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−75%
21−24
+75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+7.7%
13
−7.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−28.2%
50−55
+28.2%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−143%
16−18
+143%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6
−140%
12−14
+140%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−80%
9−10
+80%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−200%
6−7
+200%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−133%
7−8
+133%
Hitman 3 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−62.5%
12−14
+62.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
−117%
35−40
+117%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−83.3%
10−12
+83.3%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−500%
6−7
+500%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Metro Exodus 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 0−1 0−1

This is how Quadro M500M and RX 550X Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RX 550X Mobile is 73% faster in 1080p

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

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Quadro M500M is 8% faster.
  • in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX 550X Mobile is 600% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Quadro M500M is ahead in 1 test (1%)
  • RX 550X Mobile is ahead in 60 tests (86%)
  • there's a draw in 9 tests (13%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.01 6.06
Recency 27 April 2016 11 April 2018
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 50 Watt

Quadro M500M has 66.7% lower power consumption.

RX 550X Mobile, on the other hand, has a 101.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 550X Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro M500M in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro M500M is a mobile workstation card while Radeon RX 550X Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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