Quadro T500 Mobile vs GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated483
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data34.32
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGP107TU117
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date1 February 2019 (5 years ago)2 December 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores768896
Core clock speed1366 MHz1365 MHz
Boost clock speed1442 MHz1695 MHz
Number of transistors3,300 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt18 Watt
Texture fill rate69.2294.92
Floating-point processing power2.215 TFLOPS3.037 TFLOPS
ROPs2432
TMUs4856

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 sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount3 GB2 GB
Memory bus width96 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1752 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth84.1 GB/s80 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.21.2
CUDA6.17.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 February 2019 2 December 2020
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 18 Watt

GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

T500 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 316.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB and Quadro T500 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB is a notebook graphics card while Quadro T500 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB
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NVIDIA Quadro T500 Mobile
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