Quadro 500M vs GeForce MX570 A

Place in the ranking	340	977
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	43.10	2.93
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2024)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GA107	GF108
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	May 2022 (2 years ago)	22 February 2011 (13 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 cores	2048	96
Core clock speed	832 MHz	700 MHz
Boost clock speed	1155 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	no data	585 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	73.92	11.20
Floating-point processing power	4.731 TFLOPS	0.2688 TFLOPS
ROPs	40	4
TMUs	64	16
Tensor Cores	64	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	16	no data

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).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	28.8 GB/s

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 Connectors

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.6	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	1.1
Vulkan	1.3	N/A
CUDA	8.6	2.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

MX570 A 15.56
+951%

Quadro 500M 1.48

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

MX570 A 6006
+954%

Quadro 500M 570

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	15.56	1.48
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	8 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	35 Watt

MX570 A has a 951.4% higher aggregate performance score, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 400% more advanced lithography process, and 40% lower power consumption.

The GeForce MX570 A is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro 500M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce MX570 A is a notebook graphics card while Quadro 500M is a mobile workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.