Arc A530M vs Quadro T500 Mobile

Place in the ranking	474	309
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	35.01	18.52
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code name	TU117	DG2-256
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	2 December 2020 (3 years ago)	1 August 2023 (1 year 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	896	1536
Core clock speed	1365 MHz	900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz	1300 MHz
Number of transistors	4,700 million	11,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	65 Watt
Texture fill rate	94.92	124.8
Floating-point processing power	3.037 TFLOPS	3.994 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	48
TMUs	56	96
Tensor Cores	no data	192
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	12

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	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 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	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	80 GB/s	224.0 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

Portable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.6	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.2	1.3
CUDA	7.5	-

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	36 −80.6%	65−70 +80.6%
1440p	15 −80%	27−30 +80%
4K	17 −76.5%	30−35 +76.5%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

14−16
+600%

2−3

−600%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 +633%	3−4 −633%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −84.6%	24−27 +84.6%
Battlefield 5	27−30 −85.2%	50−55 +85.2%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 +800%	2−3 −800%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 +600%	2−3 −600%
Far Cry 5	30 −83.3%	55−60 +83.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 −80%	45−50 +80%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 −83.3%	110−120 +83.3%
Hitman 3	16−18 +325%	4−5 −325%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 +525%	8−9 −525%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −80%	45−50 +80%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−33 +650%	4−5 −650%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 +114%	27−30 −114%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 +633%	3−4 −633%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −84.6%	24−27 +84.6%
Battlefield 5	27−30 −85.2%	50−55 +85.2%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 +800%	2−3 −800%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 +600%	2−3 −600%
Far Cry 5	28 −78.6%	50−55 +78.6%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 −80%	45−50 +80%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 −83.3%	110−120 +83.3%
Hitman 3	16−18 +325%	4−5 −325%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 +525%	8−9 −525%
Metro Exodus	27−30 −78.6%	50−55 +78.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −80%	45−50 +80%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−33 +650%	4−5 −650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	28 +211%	9−10 −211%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 +114%	27−30 −114%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 +633%	3−4 −633%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −84.6%	24−27 +84.6%
Battlefield 5	27−30 −85.2%	50−55 +85.2%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 +600%	2−3 −600%
Far Cry 5	27 −85.2%	50−55 +85.2%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 −80%	45−50 +80%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 −83.3%	110−120 +83.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	19 +111%	9−10 −111%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 +114%	27−30 −114%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −77.8%	16−18 +77.8%
Hitman 3	12−14 −75%	21−24 +75%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −84.2%	35−40 +84.2%
Metro Exodus	12−14 −75%	21−24 +75%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 −80%	27−30 +80%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −80%	18−20 +80%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 −75%	14−16 +75%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −77.8%	16−18 +77.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −80%	9−10 +80%
Battlefield 5	16−18 −76.5%	30−33 +76.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5	0−1
Far Cry 5	10−11 −80%	18−20 +80%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −71.4%	24−27 +71.4%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −84.2%	70−75 +84.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60 −75.4%	100−105 +75.4%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −75%	7−8 +75%
Hitman 3	5−6 −80%	9−10 +80%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −80.6%	65−70 +80.6%
Metro Exodus	7−8 −71.4%	12−14 +71.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 −77.8%	16−18 +77.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 −80%	9−10 +80%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −66.7%	10−11 +66.7%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5	0−1
Battlefield 5	8−9 −75%	14−16 +75%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −80%	9−10 +80%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 −66.7%	10−11 +66.7%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −90.9%	21−24 +90.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Hitman 3	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Hitman 3	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

+0%

2−3

+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

+0%

2−3

+0%

This is how T500 Mobile and Arc A530M compete in popular games:

Arc A530M is 81% faster in 1080p
Arc A530M is 80% faster in 1440p
Arc A530M is 76% faster in 4K

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

in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the T500 Mobile is 800% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

T500 Mobile is ahead in 21 test (72%)
there's a draw in 8 tests (28%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	9.10	17.38
Recency	2 December 2020	1 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	12 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	65 Watt

T500 Mobile has 261.1% lower power consumption.

Arc A530M, on the other hand, has a 91% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc A530M is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro T500 Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro T500 Mobile is a mobile workstation card while Arc A530M 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.