Quadro 500M vs Radeon R9 380X

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro 500M and Radeon R9 380X. 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 500M and Radeon R9 380X. 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.

Main Specs

  Quadro 500M Radeon R9 380X
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 190 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 380X has 442% more power consumption, than Quadro 500M.
  • Quadro 500M is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon R9 380X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R9 380X has 3 GB more memory, than Quadro 500M.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro 500M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R9 380X - with GCN 3.0.
  • Quadro 500M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 380X - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro 500M is 830 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 380X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 35−40
ultra / 1080p 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 1−2 60−65
medium / 1080p 0−1 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 380X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 6100% more, than Quadro 500M.

Full Specs

  Quadro 500M Radeon R9 380X
Architecture Fermi GCN 3.0
Code name GF108 Antigua
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 22 February 2011 19 November 2015
Pipelines 96 2048
Core clock speed 700 MHz
Boost Clock 970 MHz
Transistor count 585 million 5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 11.20 124.2
Floating-point performance 268.8 gflops 3,973 gflops
Length 221 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 970 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB/s 182.4 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan N/A +
CUDA 2.1
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.58 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
ZeroCore +
Mantle +
Design reference
Bridgeless CrossFire +
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.89 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 20.63 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 175 Sol/s
Compute units 32
Form factor full height / full length
High bandwidth memory (HBM) -
LiquidVR +
FRTC +
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