Quadro M500M vs Radeon Vega 11 mobile

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro M500M and Radeon Vega 11 mobile, 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 Vega 11 mobile, check out specs charts below.

Quadro M500M and Radeon Vega 11 mobile are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Quadro M500M and Radeon Vega 11 mobile 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 Vega 11 mobile here:

Main Specs

  Quadro M500M Radeon Vega 11 mobile
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 15 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) IGP
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR3 System Shared
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Quadro M500M has 100% more power consumption, than Radeon Vega 11 mobile.
  • Quadro M500M is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon Vega 11 mobile uses IGP interface.
  • Quadro M500M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon Vega 11 mobile - in Laptops.
  • Quadro M500M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon Vega 11 mobile - with GCN 5.0.
  • Quadro M500M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon Vega 11 mobile - by 14 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 3−4
ultra / 1080p 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 12−14 14−16
medium / 1080p 3−4 6−7
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Vega 11 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 25% more, than Quadro M500M.

Full Specs

  Quadro M500M Radeon Vega 11 mobile
Architecture Maxwell GCN 5.0
Code name GM108 Picasso
Type Mobile workstation Laptop
Release date 15 December 2015 6 January 2019
Pipelines 384 704
Core clock speed 1029 MHz
Boost Clock 1124 MHz 1400 MHz
Transistor count 4,940 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 17.98 61.60
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 4004 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 12 (12_1)
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
Laptop size large
Optimus +
nView Display Management +
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