Radeon 530X Mobile vs Quadro M500M
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 773 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Maxwell (2014−2017) | GCN 3.0 (2014−2019) |
| GPU code name | GM108 | Polaris 24 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 27 April 2016 (8 years ago) | 18 April 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 | 384 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 1029 MHz | 730 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1124 MHz | 1024 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 1,550 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 30 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 17.98 | 24.58 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.8632 TFLOPS | 0.7864 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 8 |
| TMUs | 16 | 24 |
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 | large | no data |
| Interface | MXM-A (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| 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 | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 1125 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 14.4 GB/s | 36 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 | No outputs |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Optimus | + | - |
| nView Display Management | + | no data |
| Optimus | + | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 5.0 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 27 April 2016 | 18 April 2017 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 30 Watt | 50 Watt |
Quadro M500M has 66.7% lower power consumption.
530X Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 months.
We couldn't decide between Quadro M500M and Radeon 530X Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro M500M is a mobile workstation card while Radeon 530X 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.
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