RTX A5000 Mobile vs Quadro P500

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro P500 with RTX A5000 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

Quadro P500
2017
2 GB GDDR5, 18 Watt
4.21

RTX A5000 Mobile outperforms Quadro P500 by a whopping 843% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking64799
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.47no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameGP108GA104
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date14 November 2017 (6 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Current price$300 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

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 cores2566144
Core clock speed1455 MHz1215 MHz
Boost clock speed1519 MHz1770 MHz
Number of transistors1,800 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)18 Watt165 Watt (80 - 150 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate21.25302.4
Floating-point performance679.9 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro P500 and RTX A5000 Mobile 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 sizelargelarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB16 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed5012 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth32.1 GB/s448.0 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 Connectors3x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12.112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.0.11.2
CUDA6.18.6

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 P500 4.21
RTX A5000 Mobile 39.69
+843%

RTX A5000 Mobile outperforms Quadro P500 by 843% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Quadro P500 3022
RTX A5000 Mobile 36164
+1097%

RTX A5000 Mobile outperforms Quadro P500 by 1097% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Quadro P500 2255
RTX A5000 Mobile 27271
+1110%

RTX A5000 Mobile outperforms Quadro P500 by 1110% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Quadro P500 12868
RTX A5000 Mobile 50154
+290%

RTX A5000 Mobile outperforms Quadro P500 by 290% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

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 HD23
−370%
108
+370%
1440p7−8
−843%
66
+843%
4K5−6
−860%
48
+860%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−900%
70−75
+900%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
−775%
70−75
+775%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−2433%
76
+2433%
Battlefield 5 10−11
−1180%
120−130
+1180%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
−789%
80−85
+789%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−900%
70−75
+900%
Far Cry 5 15
−473%
85−90
+473%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
−717%
95−100
+717%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−689%
150−160
+689%
Hitman 3 8−9
−925%
80−85
+925%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−687%
181
+687%
Metro Exodus 6−7
−1783%
110−120
+1783%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
−764%
95−100
+764%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
−1440%
231
+1440%
Watch Dogs: Legion 20−22
−220%
64
+220%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
−775%
70−75
+775%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−2033%
64
+2033%
Battlefield 5 10−11
−1180%
120−130
+1180%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
−789%
80−85
+789%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−900%
70−75
+900%
Far Cry 5 14
−514%
85−90
+514%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
−717%
95−100
+717%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−689%
150−160
+689%
Hitman 3 8−9
−400%
40
+400%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−600%
160−170
+600%
Metro Exodus 6−7
−550%
39
+550%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
−764%
95−100
+764%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
−1180%
192
+1180%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14
−971%
150
+971%
Watch Dogs: Legion 20−22
−385%
95−100
+385%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
−775%
70−75
+775%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−1733%
55
+1733%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
−789%
80−85
+789%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−900%
70−75
+900%
Far Cry 5 8
−975%
85−90
+975%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−689%
150−160
+689%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−478%
133
+478%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
−967%
160
+967%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8
−1025%
90
+1025%
Watch Dogs: Legion 20−22
−125%
45
+125%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
−764%
95−100
+764%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
−863%
75−80
+863%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−1760%
90−95
+1760%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−975%
40−45
+975%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
−917%
60−65
+917%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−1500%
30−35
+1500%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−1217%
79
+1217%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
−1086%
80−85
+1086%
Hitman 3 9−10
−478%
50−55
+478%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−11
−770%
85−90
+770%
Metro Exodus 0−1 62
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−1833%
55−60
+1833%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−4200%
43
+4200%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−750%
65−70
+750%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
−1233%
40−45
+1233%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−1033%
30−35
+1033%
Hitman 3 0−1 38
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
−1150%
50−55
+1150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1−2
−3700%
38
+3700%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−1350%
29
+1350%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−1150%
24−27
+1150%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 14−16
Far Cry 5 2−3
−1050%
21−24
+1050%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−1733%
55−60
+1733%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
−1475%
63
+1475%
Metro Exodus 6−7
−617%
43
+617%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−2500%
26
+2500%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−600%
35−40
+600%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
−1000%
44
+1000%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−975%
129
+975%

4K
High Preset

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−867%
58
+867%

This is how Quadro P500 and RTX A5000 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX A5000 Mobile is 370% faster in 1080p
  • RTX A5000 Mobile is 843% faster in 1440p
  • RTX A5000 Mobile is 860% faster in 4K

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

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX A5000 Mobile is 4200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX A5000 Mobile surpassed Quadro P500 in all 66 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.21 39.69
Recency 14 November 2017 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 18 Watt 165 Watt

The RTX A5000 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro P500 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro P500 is a mobile workstation card while RTX A5000 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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