ROG Ally Extreme GPU vs Quadro T500 Mobile
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 569 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 35.61 | no data |
| Architecture | Turing (2018−2022) | RDNA 3.0 (2022−2026) |
| GPU code name | TU117 | Phoenix |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 2 December 2020 (5 years ago) | 13 June 2023 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $699 |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 896 | 768 |
| Core clock speed | 1365 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1695 MHz | 2700 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 4,700 million | 25,390 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 18 Watt | 30 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 94.92 | 129.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | 3.037 TFLOPS | 8.294 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 56 | 48 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 12 |
| L0 Cache | no data | 192 KB |
| L1 Cache | 896 KB | 256 KB |
| L2 Cache | 1024 KB | 8 MB |
| L3 Cache | no data | 16 MB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | no data |
| Length | no data | 280 mm |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR6 | LPDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | 1600 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 80 GB/s | 51.2 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x USB Type-C |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.6 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 7.5 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 2 December 2020 | 13 June 2023 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 16 GB |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 18 Watt | 30 Watt |
T500 Mobile has 40% lower power consumption.
ROG Ally Extreme GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 67% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro T500 Mobile and ROG Ally Extreme GPU. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro T500 Mobile is a mobile workstation graphics card while ROG Ally Extreme GPU is a desktop one.
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