Quadro M500M vs Radeon R9 M360

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro M500M and Radeon R9 M360, 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 R9 M360, 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 R9 M360
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Quadro M500M is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon R9 M360 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R9 M360 has 2 GB more memory, than Quadro M500M.
  • Quadro M500M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon R9 M360 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro M500M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R9 M360 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro M500M is 129 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M360.
  • Quadro M500M and Radeon R9 M360 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro M500M is 2879 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M360.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 8−9
ultra / 1080p 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 12−14 18−20
medium / 1080p 3−4 9−10
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M360 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 75% more, than Quadro M500M.

Full Specs

  Quadro M500M Radeon R9 M360
Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.0
Code name GM108 Tropo
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 15 December 2015 5 May 2015
Pipelines 384 512
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 900 MHz
Boost Clock 1124 MHz 925 MHz
Transistor count 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 17.98 29.60
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops 947.2 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4004 MHz 1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 72 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 Not Listed
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 5.0
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Laptop size large
Optimus +
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
Compute units 8
nView Display Management +
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