GeForce 9800 GTX vs Quadro 500M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 9800 GTX and Quadro 500M, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce 9800 GTX stacks up against Quadro 500M, check out specs charts below.
GeForce 9800 GTX
Quadro 500M

Main Specs

  GeForce 9800 GTX Quadro 500M
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 35 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3 DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video No outputs
 
  • GeForce 9800 GTX has 300% more power consumption, than Quadro 500M.
  • GeForce 9800 GTX is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Quadro 500M uses MXM-A (3.0) interface.
  • GeForce 9800 GTX has 511 GB more memory, than Quadro 500M.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce 9800 GTX is build with Tesla architecture, and Quadro 500M - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 9800 GTX is 988 MHz higher, than Quadro 500M.
  • GeForce 9800 GTX is manufactured by 65 nm process technology, and Quadro 500M - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro 500M is 700 MHz higher, than GeForce 9800 GTX.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 1−2
medium / 1080p 0−1 0−1
GeForce 9800 GTX and Quadro 500M have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  GeForce 9800 GTX Quadro 500M
Architecture Tesla Fermi
Code name G92 GF108
Type Desktop Workstation
Release date 28 March 2008 22 February 2011
Pipelines 128 96
Core clock speed 1688 MHz 700 MHz
Transistor count 754 million 585 million
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 43.2 billion/sec 11.20
Floating-point performance 432.1 gflops 268.8 gflops
Length 10.5" (26.7 cm)
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1100 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 70.4 GB/s 28.8 GB/s
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 4.0 5.1
OpenGL 2.1 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA + 2.1
CUDA cores 128
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI Via Adapter
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI S/PDIF