Quadro M500M vs Radeon Pro Vega 20

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro M500M and Radeon Pro Vega 20. 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 M500M and Radeon Pro Vega 20. 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.

Quadro M500M and Radeon Pro Vega 20 are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Quadro M500M and Radeon Pro Vega 20 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 Vega 20 here:

Main Specs

  Quadro M500M Radeon Pro Vega 20
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 100 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR3 HBM2
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Radeon Pro Vega 20 has 233% more power consumption, than Quadro M500M.
  • Quadro M500M is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon Pro Vega 20 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon Pro Vega 20 has 2 GB more memory, than Quadro M500M.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • Quadro M500M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon Pro Vega 20 - with Vega.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro M500M is 214 MHz higher, than Radeon Pro Vega 20.
  • Quadro M500M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro Vega 20 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro M500M is 2524 MHz higher, than Radeon Pro Vega 20.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 35−40
ultra / 1080p 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 12−14 60−65
medium / 1080p 3−4 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro Vega 20 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 550% more, than Quadro M500M.

Full Specs

  Quadro M500M Radeon Pro Vega 20
Architecture Maxwell Vega
Code name GM108 Vega Mobile
Type Mobile workstation Mobile workstation
Release date 15 December 2015 15 November 2018
Pipelines 384 1280
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 815 MHz
Boost Clock 1124 MHz 1283 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 17.98 102.6
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 1024 Bit
Memory clock speed 4004 MHz 1480 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 189.4 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 5.0 6.3
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA 5.0
Laptop size large large
Optimus +
nView Display Management +
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