Radeon Pro 5600M vs Quadro K500M

Place in performance ranking	999	211
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.61	no data
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Navi / RDNA (2019−2020)
GPU code name	N14M-Q1	Navi 10
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	1 June 2012 (11 years old)	15 June 2020 (3 years old)
Current price	$19.95	no data

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	192	2560
Core clock speed	850 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	1265 MHz
Number of transistors	1,270 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	13.60	164.8
Floating-point performance	326.4 gflops	no data

Size and compatibility

Information on Quadro K500M and Radeon Pro 5600M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

Memory

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 / GDDR5	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	2048 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1540 MBps
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	394.2 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Video outputs and ports

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

Technologies

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

Optimus

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API support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	+	1.2
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

Quadro K500M 1.24

Pro 5600M 24.04
+1839%

Radeon Pro 5600M outperforms Quadro K500M by 1839% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Quadro K500M 480

Pro 5600M 9313
+1840%

Radeon Pro 5600M outperforms Quadro K500M by 1840% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

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

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

−875%

35−40
+875%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −600%	60−65 +600%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −875%	35−40 +875%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	80−85
Hitman 3	1−2 −7100%	70−75 +7100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 −5000%	50−55 +5000%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −1200%	35−40 +1200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −657%	50−55 +657%

Full HD
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −600%	60−65 +600%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −875%	35−40 +875%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	80−85
Hitman 3	1−2 −7100%	70−75 +7100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 −5000%	50−55 +5000%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −1900%	40−45 +1900%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −1200%	35−40 +1200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −657%	50−55 +657%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −1250%	50−55 +1250%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −875%	35−40 +875%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	80−85
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −1250%	50−55 +1250%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −1133%	35−40 +1133%
Hitman 3	4−5 −900%	40−45 +900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −300%	30−35 +300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 −540%	30−35 +540%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −1400%	14−16 +1400%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −1950%	40−45 +1950%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −1300%	27−30 +1300%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −850%	18−20 +850%
Hitman 3	1−2 −2200%	21−24 +2200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −129%	16−18 +129%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	12−14

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	14−16
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	12−14
Far Cry 5	3−4 −567%	20−22 +567%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −360%	21−24 +360%

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

in Hitman 3, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Pro 5600M is 7100% faster than the Quadro K500M.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, Pro 5600M surpassed Quadro K500M in all 29 of our tests.

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	1.24	24.04
Recency	1 June 2012	15 June 2020
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	50 Watt