Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile vs Quadro 500M
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Quadro 500M and RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
Nvidia 500 Ada Generation Mobile outperforms 500M by a whopping 1705% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1040 | 254 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 2.97 | 53.61 |
| Architecture | Fermi (2010−2014) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | GF108 | AD107 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 22 February 2011 (14 years ago) | 26 February 2024 (1 year 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 | 96 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 700 MHz | 1485 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2025 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 585 million | 18,900 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 35 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 11.20 | 129.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.2688 TFLOPS | 8.294 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 32 |
| TMUs | 16 | 64 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 64 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 16 |
| L1 Cache | 128 KB | 2 MB |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | 12 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 | no data | medium sized |
| Interface | MXM-A (3.0) | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
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 | DDR3 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 28.8 GB/s | 128.0 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 | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 2.1 | 8.9 |
| DLSS | - | + |
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 | 1.29 | 23.29 |
| Recency | 22 February 2011 | 26 February 2024 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 5 nm |
Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile has a 1705.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.
The RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro 500M in performance tests.
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