Quadro 500M vs Radeon RX 550 mobile

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro 500M and Radeon RX 550 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 500M and Radeon RX 550 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.

Radeon RX 550 mobile is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon RX 550 mobile 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 Radeon RX 550 mobile here:

Main Specs

  Quadro 500M Radeon RX 550 mobile
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 50 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x8
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Radeon RX 550 mobile has 42% more power consumption, than Quadro 500M.
  • Quadro 500M is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon RX 550 mobile uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon RX 550 mobile has 3 GB more memory, than Quadro 500M.
  • Quadro 500M is used in Desktops, and Radeon RX 550 mobile - in Laptops.
  • Quadro 500M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon RX 550 mobile - with Polaris.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 550 mobile is 587 MHz higher, than Quadro 500M.
  • Quadro 500M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 550 mobile - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 550 mobile is 4200 MHz higher, than Quadro 500M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 18−20
ultra / 1080p 10−12
QHD / 1440p 0−1 5−6
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 1−2 35−40
medium / 1080p 0−1 24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 550 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 3600% more, than Quadro 500M.

Full Specs

  Quadro 500M Radeon RX 550 mobile
Architecture Fermi Polaris
Code name GF108 Polaris 12
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 22 February 2011 21 March 2017
Pipelines 96 640
Core clock speed 700 MHz 1287 MHz
Boost Clock 1476 MHz
Transistor count 585 million 2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 11.20 51.48
Floating-point performance 268.8 gflops 1,647 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB/s 96 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA 2.1
FreeSync +
Laptop size large
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