Quadro T500 Mobile vs Radeon RX Vega 64 Limited Edition
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 477 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 35.33 |
| Architecture | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) | Turing (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | Vega 10 | TU117 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 7 August 2017 (7 years ago) | 2 December 2020 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $549 | 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 | 4096 | 896 |
| Core clock speed | 1200 MHz | 1365 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1536 MHz | 1695 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 12,500 million | 4,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 295 Watt | 18 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 393.2 | 94.92 |
| Floating-point processing power | 12.58 TFLOPS | 3.037 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 32 |
| TMUs | 256 | 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 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 282 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-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 | HBM2 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 2048 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 945 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 483.8 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 | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | No outputs |
| HDMI | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.125 | 1.2 |
| CUDA | - | 7.5 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 August 2017 | 2 December 2020 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 295 Watt | 18 Watt |
RX Vega 64 Limited Edition has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.
T500 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 1538.9% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega 64 Limited Edition and Quadro T500 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 64 Limited Edition is a desktop 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.
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