Quadro T500 Mobile vs Quadro T1000 Max-Q

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro T1000 Max-Q and Quadro T500 Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

T1000 Max-Q
2019
4 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
17.35
+90.2%

T1000 Max-Q outperforms T500 Mobile by an impressive 90% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking312477
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency24.1935.32
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameTU117TU117
Market segmentMobile workstationMobile workstation
Release date27 May 2019 (5 years ago)2 December 2020 (3 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 cores896896
Core clock speed765 MHz1365 MHz
Boost clock speed1350 MHz1695 MHz
Number of transistors4,700 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt18 Watt
Texture fill rate75.6094.92
Floating-point processing power2.419 TFLOPS3.037 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs5656

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 sizemedium sizedmedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth80 GB/s80 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

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.66.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.21.2
CUDA7.57.5

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 HD65−70
+80.6%
36
−80.6%
1440p27−30
+80%
15
−80%
4K30−35
+76.5%
17
−76.5%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+92.9%
14−16
−92.9%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+77.3%
21−24
−77.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 27−30
+123%
12−14
−123%
Battlefield 5 55−60
+111%
27−30
−111%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+94.4%
18−20
−94.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+92.9%
14−16
−92.9%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+36.7%
30
−36.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 45−50
+88%
24−27
−88%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+83.3%
60−65
−83.3%
Hitman 3 30−35
+94.1%
16−18
−94.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 85−90
+72%
50−55
−72%
Metro Exodus 60−65
+100%
30−33
−100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 45−50
+88%
24−27
−88%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 55−60
+90%
30−33
−90%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+41.7%
60−65
−41.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+77.3%
21−24
−77.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 27−30
+123%
12−14
−123%
Battlefield 5 55−60
+111%
27−30
−111%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+94.4%
18−20
−94.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+92.9%
14−16
−92.9%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+46.4%
28
−46.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 45−50
+88%
24−27
−88%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+83.3%
60−65
−83.3%
Hitman 3 30−35
+94.1%
16−18
−94.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 85−90
+72%
50−55
−72%
Metro Exodus 60−65
+114%
27−30
−114%
Red Dead Redemption 2 45−50
+88%
24−27
−88%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 55−60
+90%
30−33
−90%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+42.9%
28
−42.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+41.7%
60−65
−41.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+77.3%
21−24
−77.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 27−30
+123%
12−14
−123%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+94.4%
18−20
−94.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+92.9%
14−16
−92.9%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+51.9%
27
−51.9%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+83.3%
60−65
−83.3%
Hitman 3 30−35
+106%
16−18
−106%
Horizon Zero Dawn 85−90
+91.1%
45−50
−91.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 55−60
+111%
27−30
−111%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+111%
19
−111%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+41.7%
60−65
−41.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 45−50
+95.8%
24−27
−95.8%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
+113%
16−18
−113%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
+92.9%
14−16
−92.9%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
+100%
9−10
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
+200%
5−6
−200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
+111%
9−10
−111%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+150%
4−5
−150%
Far Cry 5 20−22
+100%
10−11
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
+147%
35−40
−147%
Hitman 3 21−24
+110%
10−11
−110%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
+94.4%
18−20
−94.4%
Metro Exodus 30−35
+100%
16−18
−100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
+113%
16−18
−113%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+111%
9−10
−111%
Watch Dogs: Legion 100−110
+84.2%
55−60
−84.2%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
+107%
14−16
−107%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18
+113%
8−9
−113%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
+117%
6−7
−117%
Hitman 3 12−14
+160%
5−6
−160%
Horizon Zero Dawn 85−90
+147%
35−40
−147%
Metro Exodus 18−20
+157%
7−8
−157%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
+183%
6−7
−183%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
+100%
5−6
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Far Cry 5 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+118%
10−12
−118%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
+100%
9−10
−100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+114%
7−8
−114%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

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

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Hitman 3 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Metro Exodus 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

This is how T1000 Max-Q and T500 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • T1000 Max-Q is 81% faster in 1080p
  • T1000 Max-Q is 80% faster in 1440p
  • T1000 Max-Q is 76% faster in 4K

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

  • in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the T1000 Max-Q is 200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • T1000 Max-Q is ahead in 52 tests (76%)
  • there's a draw in 16 tests (24%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 17.35 9.12
Recency 27 May 2019 2 December 2020
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 18 Watt

T1000 Max-Q has a 90.2% higher aggregate performance score, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

T500 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 177.8% lower power consumption.

The Quadro T1000 Max-Q is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro T500 Mobile in performance tests.


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