Quadro T500 Mobile vs Radeon 620

Place in performance ranking	850	481
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	Polaris 24	TU117
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	12 August 2019 (5 years ago)	27 May 2019 (5 years ago)

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 cores	384	896
Core clock speed	no data	1365 MHz
Boost clock speed	1024 MHz	1695 MHz
Number of transistors	1,550 million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	25 Watt
Texture fill rate	24.58	94.92
Floating-point performance	0.7864 gflops	3.037 gflops

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	no data	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
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	DDR3, GDDR5	GDDR5, GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz	10000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	80 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

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.3	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2
CUDA	-	7.5

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.

Radeon 620 2.32

T500 Mobile 8.77
+278%

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.

Radeon 620 1730

T500 Mobile 4225
+144%

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	9−10 −300%	36 +300%
1440p	3−4 −400%	15 +400%
4K	4−5 −325%	17 +325%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6

−180%

14−16
+180%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 −175%	21−24 +175%
Battlefield 5	3−4 −800%	27−30 +800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −200%	18−20 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −180%	14−16 +180%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −650%	30 +650%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 −317%	24−27 +317%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −445%	60−65 +445%
Hitman 3	7−8 −143%	16−18 +143%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −163%	50−55 +163%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 −400%	24−27 +400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 −173%	30−33 +173%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −62.2%	60−65 +62.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 −175%	21−24 +175%
Battlefield 5	3−4 −800%	27−30 +800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −200%	18−20 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −180%	14−16 +180%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −600%	28 +600%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 −317%	24−27 +317%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −445%	60−65 +445%
Hitman 3	7−8 −143%	16−18 +143%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −163%	50−55 +163%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −2700%	27−30 +2700%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 −400%	24−27 +400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 −173%	30−33 +173%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −115%	28 +115%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −62.2%	60−65 +62.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 −175%	21−24 +175%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −250%	21−24 +250%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −180%	14−16 +180%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −575%	27 +575%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −445%	60−65 +445%
Hitman 3	7−8 −243%	24−27 +243%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −268%	70−75 +268%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 −264%	40−45 +264%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −46.2%	19 +46.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −62.2%	60−65 +62.2%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6
−260%

18−20

+260%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 −250%	14−16 +250%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −233%	10−11 +233%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −350%	9−10 +350%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −233%	10−11 +233%
Hitman 3	7−8 −243%	24−27 +243%
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7 −250%	21−24 +250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 −338%	55−60 +338%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6
−260%

18−20

+260%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	3−4

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4
−233%

10−11

+233%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

12−14

+0%

12−14

+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

12−14

+0%

12−14

+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Battlefield 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Hitman 3	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Battlefield 5	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Hitman 3	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Metro Exodus	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%

This is how Radeon 620 and T500 Mobile compete in popular games:

T500 Mobile is 300% faster in 1080p
T500 Mobile is 400% faster in 1440p
T500 Mobile is 325% faster in 4K

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

in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the T500 Mobile is 2700% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

T500 Mobile is ahead in 40 tests (60%)
there's a draw in 27 tests (40%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.32	8.77
Recency	12 August 2019	27 May 2019
Chip lithography	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	25 Watt

Radeon 620 has an age advantage of 2 months.

T500 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 278% higher aggregate performance score, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

The Quadro T500 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 620 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon 620 is a notebook graphics card while Quadro T500 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.