Quadro M500M vs Radeon R7 260

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro M500M and Radeon R7 260, 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 R7 260, check out specs charts below.

Quadro M500M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro M500M 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 Quadro M500M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro M500M Radeon R7 260
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 115 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R7 260 has 283% more power consumption, than Quadro M500M.
  • Quadro M500M is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon R7 260 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro M500M and Radeon R7 260 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Quadro M500M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon R7 260 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro M500M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R7 260 - with GCN 2.0.
  • Quadro M500M and Radeon R7 260 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro M500M is 2379 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 260.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 14−16
ultra / 1080p 8−9
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 12−14 30−35
medium / 1080p 3−4 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 260 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 212% more, than Quadro M500M.

Full Specs

  Quadro M500M Radeon R7 260
Architecture Maxwell GCN 2.0
Code name GM108 Bonaire
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 15 December 2015 17 December 2013
Pipelines 384 768
Core clock speed 1029 MHz
Boost Clock 1124 MHz 1100 MHz
Transistor count 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 17.98 48.00
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops 1,536 gflops
Length 170 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4004 MHz 1625 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 104 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12
Shader Model 5.0 6.3
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 5.0
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 240 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Optimus +
Eyefinity +
Design reference
DisplayPort support +
DDMA audio +
nView Display Management +
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