Quadro 500M vs Radeon Vega 10 mobile

In this comparison between Quadro 500M and Radeon Vega 10 mobile 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 Quadro 500M will be the best choice, for others Radeon Vega 10 mobile will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Radeon Vega 10 mobile is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon Vega 10 mobile 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 Vega 10 mobile here:

Main Specs

  Quadro 500M Radeon Vega 10 mobile
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 10 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) IGP
Memory type DDR3 System Shared
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Quadro 500M has 250% more power consumption, than Radeon Vega 10 mobile.
  • Quadro 500M is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon Vega 10 mobile uses IGP interface.
  • Quadro 500M is used in Desktops, and Radeon Vega 10 mobile - in Laptops.
  • Quadro 500M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon Vega 10 mobile - with GCN 5.0.
  • Quadro 500M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon Vega 10 mobile - by 14 nm process technology.

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 Vega 10 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1600% more, than Quadro 500M.

Full Specs

  Quadro 500M Radeon Vega 10 mobile
Architecture Fermi GCN 5.0
Code name GF108 Raven
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 22 February 2011 8 January 2019
Pipelines 96 640
Core clock speed 700 MHz
Boost Clock 1301 MHz
Transistor count 585 million 4,940 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 11.20 52.04
Floating-point performance 268.8 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA 2.1
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