RTX A4000 Mobile vs Quadro T500 Mobile
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Quadro T500 Mobile and RTX A4000 Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
RTX A4000 Mobile outperforms T500 Mobile by a whopping 332% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 501 | 132 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 34.11 | 23.04 |
| Architecture | Turing (2018−2022) | Ampere (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | TU117 | GA104 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 2 December 2020 (4 years ago) | 12 April 2021 (3 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 | 896 | 5120 |
| Core clock speed | 1365 MHz | 1140 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1695 MHz | 1680 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 4,700 million | 17,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 18 Watt | 115 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 94.92 | 268.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 3.037 TFLOPS | 17.2 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 80 |
| TMUs | 56 | 160 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 160 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 40 |
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 | large |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
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 | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 80 GB/s | 384.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 and SDK 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 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 7.5 | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
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
−317%
| 150−160
+317%
|
| 1440p | 15
−300%
| 60−65
+300%
|
| 4K | 17
−312%
| 70−75
+312%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Hogwarts Legacy | 14−16
−453%
|
80−85
+453%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 35−40
−241%
|
120−130
+241%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 30
−287%
|
110−120
+287%
|
| Fortnite | 50−55
−210%
|
150−160
+210%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 35−40
−278%
|
140−150
+278%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 24−27
−352%
|
110−120
+352%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 14−16
−453%
|
80−85
+453%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 30−33
−380%
|
140−150
+380%
|
| Valorant | 80−85
−156%
|
210−220
+156%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 35−40
−241%
|
120−130
+241%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 130−140
−111%
|
270−280
+111%
|
| Dota 2 | 90
−57.8%
|
140−150
+57.8%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 28
−314%
|
110−120
+314%
|
| Fortnite | 50−55
−210%
|
150−160
+210%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 35−40
−278%
|
140−150
+278%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 24−27
−352%
|
110−120
+352%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 31
−294%
|
120−130
+294%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 14−16
−453%
|
80−85
+453%
|
| Metro Exodus | 16−18
−400%
|
85−90
+400%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 30−33
−380%
|
140−150
+380%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 28
−346%
|
120−130
+346%
|
| Valorant | 80−85
−156%
|
210−220
+156%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 35−40
−241%
|
120−130
+241%
|
| Dota 2 | 75
−89.3%
|
140−150
+89.3%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 27
−330%
|
110−120
+330%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 35−40
−278%
|
140−150
+278%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 14−16
−453%
|
80−85
+453%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 30−33
−380%
|
140−150
+380%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 19
−558%
|
120−130
+558%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 50−55
−210%
|
150−160
+210%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 60−65
−291%
|
250−260
+291%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 13
−454%
|
70−75
+454%
|
| Metro Exodus | 9−10
−478%
|
50−55
+478%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 12−14
−317%
|
50−55
+317%
|
| Valorant | 95−100
−161%
|
240−250
+161%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 18−20
−395%
|
90−95
+395%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 18−20
−383%
|
85−90
+383%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 20−22
−405%
|
100−110
+405%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 9−10
−378%
|
40−45
+378%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 16−18
−453%
|
90−95
+453%
|
4K
High Preset
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14
−443%
|
75−80
+443%
|
| Metro Exodus | 4−5
−725%
|
30−35
+725%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 8−9
−613%
|
55−60
+613%
|
| Valorant | 40−45
−400%
|
220−230
+400%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 9−10
−533%
|
55−60
+533%
|
| Dota 2 | 28
−279%
|
100−110
+279%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 9−10
−422%
|
45−50
+422%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 14−16
−379%
|
65−70
+379%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 3−4
−667%
|
21−24
+667%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
−488%
|
45−50
+488%
|
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 8−9
−475%
|
45−50
+475%
|
Full HD
Low Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 200−210
+0%
|
200−210
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 80−85
+0%
|
80−85
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 200−210
+0%
|
200−210
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 80−85
+0%
|
80−85
+0%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 200−210
+0%
|
200−210
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 80−85
+0%
|
80−85
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 80−85
+0%
|
80−85
+0%
|
| Valorant | 210−220
+0%
|
210−220
+0%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 90−95
+0%
|
90−95
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 65−70
+0%
|
65−70
+0%
|
4K
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 18−20
+0%
|
18−20
+0%
|
This is how T500 Mobile and RTX A4000 Mobile compete in popular games:
- RTX A4000 Mobile is 317% faster in 1080p
- RTX A4000 Mobile is 300% faster in 1440p
- RTX A4000 Mobile is 312% faster in 4K
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Metro Exodus, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX A4000 Mobile is 725% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- RTX A4000 Mobile is ahead in 50 tests (76%)
- there's a draw in 16 tests (24%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 7.76 | 33.49 |
| Recency | 2 December 2020 | 12 April 2021 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 18 Watt | 115 Watt |
T500 Mobile has 538.9% lower power consumption.
RTX A4000 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 331.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 months, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 50% more advanced lithography process.
The RTX A4000 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro T500 Mobile in performance tests.
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