Quadro 500M vs Radeon R9 M380

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro 500M and Radeon R9 M380. 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 M380. 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 M380 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R9 M380 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 M380 here:

Main Specs

  Quadro 500M Radeon R9 M380
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 M380 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R9 M380 has 3 GB more memory, than Quadro 500M.
  • Quadro 500M is used in Desktops, and Radeon R9 M380 - in Laptops.
  • Quadro 500M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R9 M380 - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon R9 M380 is 300 MHz higher, than Quadro 500M.
  • Quadro 500M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M380 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro 500M is 300 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M380.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 16−18
ultra / 1080p 9−10
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 1−2 30−35
medium / 1080p 0−1 20−22
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M380 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 3100% more, than Quadro 500M.

Full Specs

  Quadro 500M Radeon R9 M380
Architecture Fermi GCN
Code name GF108 Strato Pro GDDR5
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 22 February 2011 16 June 2015
Pipelines 96 768
Core clock speed 700 MHz 1000 MHz
Boost Clock 1000 MHz
Transistor count 585 million 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 11.20 48.00
Floating-point performance 268.8 gflops 1,536 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB/s 96 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 Not Listed
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.1
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 194 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
TrueAudio +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
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