Radeon RX Vega 9 vs Quadro K500M

Place in the ranking	1037	604
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.47	25.74
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code name	GK107	Vega Raven Ridge
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	1 June 2012 (12 years ago)	26 October 2017 (7 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	576
Core clock speed	850 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	1300 MHz
Number of transistors	1,270 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	13.60	no data
Floating-point processing power	0.3264 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	8	no data
TMUs	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).

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	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	DDR3	no data
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	no data
Memory bus width	64 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	no data
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

no data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus

API compatibility

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

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

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

3−4

−433%

16
+433%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−200%

9−10
+200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −150%	14−16 +150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −200%	12−14 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −200%	9−10 +200%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1100%	12−14 +1100%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −433%	16−18 +433%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −1700%	35−40 +1700%
Hitman 3	6−7 −100%	12−14 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −150%	35−40 +150%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −650%	14−16 +650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −150%	20−22 +150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −48.5%	45−50 +48.5%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −150%	14−16 +150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −200%	12−14 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −200%	9−10 +200%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1100%	12−14 +1100%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −433%	16−18 +433%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −1700%	35−40 +1700%
Hitman 3	6−7 −100%	12−14 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −150%	35−40 +150%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −650%	14−16 +650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −150%	20−22 +150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −72.7%	18−20 +72.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −48.5%	45−50 +48.5%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −150%	14−16 +150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −200%	12−14 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −200%	9−10 +200%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1100%	12−14 +1100%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −1700%	35−40 +1700%
Hitman 3	6−7 −100%	12−14 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −150%	35−40 +150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −150%	20−22 +150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +37.5%	8 −37.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −48.5%	45−50 +48.5%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−650%

14−16
+650%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −1000%	10−12 +1000%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −350%	9−10 +350%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	5−6
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Hitman 3	7−8 −42.9%	10−11 +42.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −200%	12−14 +200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	5−6
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 −500%	35−40 +500%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−150%

10−11
+150%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

4−5

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	2−3
Far Cry 5	0−1	3−4

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−100%

6−7
+100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Battlefield 5	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Metro Exodus	21 +0%	21 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Battlefield 5	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Metro Exodus	16 +0%	16 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

6−7

+0%

6−7

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Metro Exodus	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	0−1	0−1

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Hitman 3	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Metro Exodus	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

This is how Quadro K500M and RX Vega 9 compete in popular games:

RX Vega 9 is 433% faster in 1080p

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

in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Quadro K500M is 38% faster.
in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX Vega 9 is 1700% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Quadro K500M is ahead in 1 test (2%)
RX Vega 9 is ahead in 46 tests (72%)
there's a draw in 17 tests (27%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.24	5.54
Recency	1 June 2012	26 October 2017
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt

RX Vega 9 has a 346.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX Vega 9 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro K500M in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro K500M is a mobile workstation card while Radeon RX Vega 9 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.