Mobility Radeon HD 5830 vs Quadro 500M

In this comparison between Mobility Radeon HD 5830 and Quadro 500M you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people Mobility Radeon HD 5830 will be the best choice, for others Quadro 500M will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Mobility Radeon HD 5830 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Mobility Radeon HD 5830 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Mobility Radeon HD 5830 here:

Main Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 5830 Quadro 500M
Power consumption (TDP) 24 Watt 35 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-A (3.0)
Memory type DDR3, GDDR3 DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Quadro 500M has 45% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5830 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Quadro 500M uses MXM-A (3.0) interface.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5830 and Quadro 500M have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5830 is used in Laptops, and Quadro 500M - in Desktops.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5830 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Quadro 500M - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro 500M is 200 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5830 and Quadro 500M are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro 500M is 1000 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 0−1
ultra / 1080p 2−3
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 16−18 1−2
medium / 1080p 6−7 0−1
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5830 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1600% more, than Quadro 500M.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 5830 Quadro 500M
Architecture Terascale 2 Fermi
Code name Broadway GF108
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 7 January 2010 22 February 2011
Pipelines 800 96
Core clock speed 500 MHz 700 MHz
Transistor count 1,040 million 585 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 20.00 11.20
Floating-point performance 800.0 gflops 268.8 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s 28.8 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA 2.1
Laptop size large
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