Quadro M500M vs Radeon Pro 460

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro M500M and Radeon Pro 460, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Quadro M500M stacks up against Radeon Pro 460, check out specs charts below.

Quadro M500M and Radeon Pro 460 are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Quadro M500M and Radeon Pro 460 are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 Quadro M500M or Radeon Pro 460 here:

Main Specs

  Quadro M500M Radeon Pro 460
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 35 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Radeon Pro 460 has 16% more power consumption, than Quadro M500M.
  • Quadro M500M is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon Pro 460 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon Pro 460 has 2 GB more memory, than Quadro M500M.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • Quadro M500M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon Pro 460 - with Polaris.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro M500M is 129 MHz higher, than Radeon Pro 460.
  • Quadro M500M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro 460 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro 460 is 996 MHz higher, than Quadro M500M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 16−18
ultra / 1080p 10−11
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
low / 720p 12−14 35−40
medium / 1080p 3−4 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro 460 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 275% more, than Quadro M500M.

Full Specs

  Quadro M500M Radeon Pro 460
Architecture Maxwell Polaris
Code name GM108 Polaris 11 / Baffin XT
Type Mobile workstation Mobile workstation
Release date 15 December 2015 8 August 2016
Pipelines 384 1024
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 900 MHz
Boost Clock 1124 MHz 907 MHz
Transistor count 3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 17.98 58.05
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops 1,858 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4004 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 81.28 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.0 6.4
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA 5.0
FreeSync +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 227 Mh/s
Laptop size large large
Optimus +
nView Display Management +
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