Quadro M500M vs Radeon R9 380

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro M500M and Radeon R9 380. 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 R9 380. 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 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 380
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 190 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 380 has 533% more power consumption, than Quadro M500M.
  • Quadro M500M is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon R9 380 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R9 380 has 2 GB more memory, than Quadro M500M.
  • Quadro M500M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon R9 380 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro M500M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R9 380 - with GCN.
  • Quadro M500M and Radeon R9 380 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro M500M is 3034 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 380.

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 R9 380 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 550% more, than Quadro M500M.

Full Specs

  Quadro M500M Radeon R9 380
Architecture Maxwell GCN
Code name GM108 Tonga Pro
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 15 December 2015 26 June 2015
Pipelines 384 1792
Core clock speed 1029 MHz
Boost Clock 1124 MHz 970 MHz
Transistor count 5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 17.98 108.6
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops 3,476 gflops
Length 221 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4004 MHz 970 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 182.4 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12
Shader Model 5.0 6.3
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 +
CUDA 5.0
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.48 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 404 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Optimus +
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
ZeroCore +
Mantle +
Design reference
Bridgeless CrossFire +
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.66 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 18 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 168.45 Sol/s
Compute units 28
Form factor full height / full length / dual slot
nView Display Management +
High bandwidth memory (HBM) -
LiquidVR +
FRTC +
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