GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile vs Quadro K500M

Place in the ranking	1043	294
Place by popularity	not in top-100	17
Power efficiency	2.60	30.37
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GK107	GA107
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	1 June 2012 (12 years ago)	17 December 2021 (2 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	192	2048
Core clock speed	850 MHz	1185 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1477 MHz
Number of transistors	1,270 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	13.60	94.53
Floating-point processing power	0.3264 TFLOPS	6.05 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	32
TMUs	16	64
Tensor Cores	no data	256
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	32

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	large
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 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	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	112.0 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 Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+
G-SYNC support	-	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus	+	-
VR Ready	no data	+

API compatibility

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	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	+	1.3
CUDA	+	8.6

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	2−3 −2100%	44 +2100%
1440p	1−2 −2800%	29 +2800%
4K	2−3 −1450%	31 +1450%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−1533%

49
+1533%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −600%	40−45 +600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −850%	35−40 +850%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −1300%	42 +1300%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −4300%	40−45 +4300%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −1567%	50−55 +1567%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −5750%	110−120 +5750%
Hitman 3	6−7 −633%	44 +633%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −550%	90−95 +550%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −2400%	50−55 +2400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −663%	60−65 +663%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −167%	85−90 +167%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −600%	40−45 +600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −850%	35−40 +850%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −900%	30 +900%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −4300%	40−45 +4300%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −1567%	50−55 +1567%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −5750%	110−120 +5750%
Hitman 3	6−7 −617%	43 +617%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −550%	90−95 +550%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −2400%	50−55 +2400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −675%	62 +675%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −282%	40−45 +282%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −167%	85−90 +167%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −600%	40−45 +600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −850%	35−40 +850%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −733%	25 +733%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −4300%	40−45 +4300%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −5750%	110−120 +5750%
Hitman 3	6−7 −550%	39 +550%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −550%	90−95 +550%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −588%	55 +588%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −200%	33 +200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +83.3%	18 −83.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−2400%

50−55
+2400%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −3500%	35−40 +3500%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −1300%	27−30 +1300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −1800%	18−20 +1800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	21−24
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −1000%	10−12 +1000%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −2100%	21−24 +2100%
Hitman 3	7−8 −214%	21−24 +214%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −850%	35−40 +850%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	21−24
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 −1750%	110−120 +1750%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−675%

30−35
+675%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

14−16

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −1000%	10−12 +1000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −800%	9−10 +800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	10−11
Far Cry 5	0−1	10−11

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−433%

16−18
+433%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	42 +0%	42 +0%
Battlefield 5	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Metro Exodus	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21 +0%	21 +0%
Battlefield 5	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Metro Exodus	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Metro Exodus	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	47 +0%	47 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Hitman 3	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
Metro Exodus	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%

This is how Quadro K500M and RTX 2050 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 2050 Mobile is 2100% faster in 1080p
RTX 2050 Mobile is 2800% faster in 1440p
RTX 2050 Mobile is 1450% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Quadro K500M is 83% faster.
in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 2050 Mobile is 5750% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Quadro K500M is ahead in 1 test (1%)
RTX 2050 Mobile is ahead in 46 tests (69%)
there's a draw in 20 tests (30%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.24	18.62
Recency	1 June 2012	17 December 2021
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt

Quadro K500M has 28.6% lower power consumption.

RTX 2050 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 1401.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro K500M in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro K500M is a mobile workstation card while GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile 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.