Arc A530M vs Quadro T500 Mobile

Place in the ranking	488	309
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	34.50	19.23
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code name	TU117	DG2-256
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	2 December 2020 (4 years ago)	1 August 2023 (1 year 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 cores	896	1536
Core clock speed	1365 MHz	900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz	1300 MHz
Number of transistors	4,700 million	11,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	65 Watt
Texture fill rate	94.92	124.8
Floating-point processing power	3.037 TFLOPS	3.994 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	48
TMUs	56	96
Tensor Cores	no data	192
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	12

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	medium sized	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8

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	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	80 GB/s	224.0 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

Portable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.6	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.2	1.3
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	36 −94.4%	70−75 +94.4%
1440p	15 −100%	30−35 +100%
4K	17 −76.5%	30−35 +76.5%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

18−20

−100%

35−40
+100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 −100%	55−60 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	8 −350%	35−40 +350%
Far Cry 5	30 −100%	60−65 +100%
Fortnite	50−55 −88.7%	100−105 +88.7%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −111%	75−80 +111%
Forza Horizon 5	21−24 −118%	45−50 +118%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	70−75 −97.2%	140−150 +97.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −79.2%	40−45 +79.2%
Valorant	30−35 −115%	70−75 +115%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 −100%	55−60 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	6 −500%	35−40 +500%
Dota 2	90 +38.5%	65−70 −38.5%
Far Cry 5	28 −125%	60−65 +125%
Fortnite	50−55 −84.9%	95−100 +84.9%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −111%	75−80 +111%
Forza Horizon 5	21−24 −118%	45−50 +118%
Grand Theft Auto V	31 −106%	60−65 +106%
Metro Exodus	24−27 −104%	45−50 +104%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	70−75 −76.1%	120−130 +76.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −79.2%	40−45 +79.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	28 −100%	55−60 +100%
Valorant	30−35 −115%	70−75 +115%
World of Tanks	130−140 −64.7%	210−220 +64.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 −100%	55−60 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	5 −620%	35−40 +620%
Dota 2	75 −100%	150−160 +100%
Far Cry 5	27 −133%	60−65 +133%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −111%	75−80 +111%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	70−75 −76.1%	120−130 +76.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	19 −84.2%	35−40 +84.2%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite

50−55
−88.7%

100−105

+88.7%

1440p
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V	13 −123%	27−30 +123%
Metro Exodus	16−18 −87.5%	30−33 +87.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −129%	16−18 +129%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −100%	24−27 +100%
Valorant	21−24 −81.8%	40−45 +81.8%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 −118%	35−40 +118%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −100%	14−16 +100%
Far Cry 5	18−20 −147%	45−50 +147%
Forza Horizon 4	20−22 −130%	45−50 +130%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite

21−24

−81.8%

40−45
+81.8%

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V	14 −121%	30−35 +121%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −225%	12−14 +225%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −100%	12−14 +100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −63.2%	30−35 +63.2%
Valorant	9−10 −100%	18−20 +100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 −125%	18−20 +125%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Dota 2	28 −96.4%	55−60 +96.4%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −109%	21−24 +109%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −145%	27−30 +145%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	24−27 −92.3%	50−55 +92.3%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite

9−10
−100%

18−20

+100%

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2

30−35

+0%

30−35

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Metro Exodus	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2

30−35

+0%

30−35

+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Valorant	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
World of Tanks	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Metro Exodus	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Valorant	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Dota 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Fortnite	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Valorant	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%

This is how T500 Mobile and Arc A530M compete in popular games:

Arc A530M is 94% faster in 1080p
Arc A530M is 100% faster in 1440p
Arc A530M is 76% faster in 4K

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

in Dota 2, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the T500 Mobile is 38% faster.
in Cyberpunk 2077, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Arc A530M is 620% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

T500 Mobile is ahead in 1 test (2%)
Arc A530M is ahead in 39 tests (63%)
there's a draw in 22 tests (35%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	9.02	18.16
Recency	2 December 2020	1 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	12 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	65 Watt

T500 Mobile has 261.1% lower power consumption.

Arc A530M, on the other hand, has a 101.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc A530M is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro T500 Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro T500 Mobile is a mobile workstation card while Arc A530M 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.