Quadro 500M vs Radeon R8 M445DX

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro 500M and Radeon R8 M445DX. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Quadro 500M and Radeon R8 M445DX. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Radeon R8 M445DX is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R8 M445DX 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 Radeon R8 M445DX here:

Main Specs

  Quadro 500M Radeon R8 M445DX
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) IGP
Memory type DDR3 DDR4/DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Quadro 500M is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon R8 M445DX uses IGP interface.
  • Quadro 500M is used in Desktops, and Radeon R8 M445DX - in Laptops.
  • Quadro 500M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R8 M445DX - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon R8 M445DX is 20 MHz higher, than Quadro 500M.
  • Quadro 500M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R8 M445DX - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro 500M is 867 MHz higher, than Radeon R8 M445DX.

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
Quadro 500M and Radeon R8 M445DX have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  Quadro 500M Radeon R8 M445DX
Architecture Fermi GCN
Code name GF108 Meso
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 22 February 2011 1 June 2016
Pipelines 96 704
Core clock speed 700 MHz 720 / 1020 MHz
Boost Clock 1021 MHz
Transistor count 585 million 1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 11.20 20.42
Floating-point performance 268.8 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 + 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 933 / 1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA 2.1
Laptop size medium sized
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