Quadro 500M vs Radeon R9 M365X

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro 500M and Radeon R9 M365X. 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 R9 M365X. 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 R9 M365X is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R9 M365X 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 R9 M365X here:

Main Specs

  Quadro 500M Radeon R9 M365X
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Quadro 500M is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon R9 M365X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R9 M365X has 3 GB more memory, than Quadro 500M.
  • Quadro 500M is used in Desktops, and Radeon R9 M365X - in Laptops.
  • Quadro 500M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R9 M365X - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon R9 M365X is 200 MHz higher, than Quadro 500M.
  • Quadro 500M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M365X - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro 500M is 675 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M365X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 6−7
ultra / 1080p 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 16−18
medium / 1080p 0−1 8−9
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M365X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1600% more, than Quadro 500M.

Full Specs

  Quadro 500M Radeon R9 M365X
Architecture Fermi GCN
Code name GF108 Tropo
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 22 February 2011 6 May 2015
Pipelines 96 640
Core clock speed 700 MHz 900 MHz
Boost Clock 925 MHz
Transistor count 585 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 11.20 37.00
Floating-point performance 268.8 gflops 1,184 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB/s 72 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 Not Listed
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.1
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Laptop size medium sized
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
Compute units 10
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