Quadro M500M vs Radeon RX 480 mobile

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro M500M and Radeon RX 480 mobile. 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 RX 480 mobile. 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 and Radeon RX 480 mobile are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Quadro M500M and Radeon RX 480 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 RX 480 mobile here:

Main Specs

  Quadro M500M Radeon RX 480 mobile
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 100 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Radeon RX 480 mobile has 233% more power consumption, than Quadro M500M.
  • Quadro M500M is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon RX 480 mobile uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • Radeon RX 480 mobile has 6 GB more memory, than Quadro M500M.
  • Quadro M500M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon RX 480 mobile - in Laptops.
  • Quadro M500M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon RX 480 mobile - with Polaris.
  • Quadro M500M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 480 mobile - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 480 mobile is 3996 MHz higher, than Quadro M500M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 12−14
ultra / 1080p 7−8
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 12−14 27−30
medium / 1080p 3−4 14−16
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 480 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 162% more, than Quadro M500M.

Full Specs

  Quadro M500M Radeon RX 480 mobile
Architecture Maxwell Polaris
Code name GM108 Polaris
Type Mobile workstation Laptop
Release date 15 December 2015 1 August 2016
Pipelines 384 2304
Core clock speed 1029 MHz
Boost Clock 1124 MHz 1077 MHz
Transistor count 5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 17.98 155.1
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops 4,963 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4004 MHz 8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 256.0 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 12 (12_0)
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 large
Optimus +
nView Display Management +
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