Quadro M500M vs Radeon RX 570

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro M500M and Radeon RX 570, 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 RX 570, check out specs charts below.

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 RX 570
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 120 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon RX 570 has 300% more power consumption, than Quadro M500M.
  • Quadro M500M is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon RX 570 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon RX 570 has 6 GB more memory, than Quadro M500M.
  • Quadro M500M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon RX 570 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro M500M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon RX 570 - with Polaris.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 570 is 139 MHz higher, than Quadro M500M.
  • Quadro M500M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 570 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 570 is 2996 MHz higher, than Quadro M500M.

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 RX 570 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 550% more, than Quadro M500M.

Full Specs

  Quadro M500M Radeon RX 570
Architecture Maxwell Polaris
Code name GM108 Polaris 20 Ellesmere
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 15 December 2015 18 April 2017
Pipelines 384 2048
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 1168 MHz
Boost Clock 1124 MHz 1244 MHz
Transistor count 5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 17.98 159.2
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops 5,095 gflops
Length 241 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4004 MHz 7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 224.0 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 +
CUDA 5.0
FreeSync +
Laptop size large
Optimus +
nView Display Management +
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