Quadro T500 Mobile vs Radeon Pro 555X

Place in the ranking	506	488
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	7.74	34.56
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	Polaris 21	TU117
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	16 July 2018 (6 years ago)	2 December 2020 (4 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	768	896
Core clock speed	907 MHz	1365 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1695 MHz
Number of transistors	3,000 million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	18 Watt
Texture fill rate	43.54	94.92
Floating-point processing power	1.393 TFLOPS	3.037 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	32
TMUs	48	56

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	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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1275 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	81.6 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

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2
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	30−35 −20%	36 +20%
1440p	14−16 −7.1%	15 +7.1%
4K	14−16 −21.4%	17 +21.4%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	14−16 −6.7%	16−18 +6.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 −5.9%	18−20 +5.9%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 −7.4%	27−30 +7.4%
Counter-Strike 2	14−16 −6.7%	16−18 +6.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 +113%	8 −113%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −5.9%	35−40 +5.9%
Forza Horizon 5	20−22 −10%	21−24 +10%
Metro Exodus	21−24 +4.8%	21−24 −4.8%
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24 −4.3%	24−27 +4.3%
Valorant	30−35 −9.7%	30−35 +9.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 −7.4%	27−30 +7.4%
Counter-Strike 2	14−16 −6.7%	16−18 +6.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 +183%	6 −183%
Dota 2	30−33 −200%	90 +200%
Far Cry 5	35−40 +28.6%	28 −28.6%
Fortnite	50−55 −6%	50−55 +6%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −5.9%	35−40 +5.9%
Forza Horizon 5	20−22 −10%	21−24 +10%
Grand Theft Auto V	30−33 −3.3%	31 +3.3%
Metro Exodus	21−24 −9.1%	24−27 +9.1%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	65−70 −6%	70−75 +6%
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24 −4.3%	24−27 +4.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 −7.7%	28 +7.7%
Valorant	30−35 −9.7%	30−35 +9.7%
World of Tanks	120−130 −5.6%	130−140 +5.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 −7.4%	27−30 +7.4%
Counter-Strike 2	14−16 −6.7%	16−18 +6.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 +240%	5 −240%
Dota 2	30−33 −150%	75 +150%
Far Cry 5	35−40 +33.3%	27 −33.3%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −5.9%	35−40 +5.9%
Forza Horizon 5	20−22 −5%	21−24 +5%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	65−70 −6%	70−75 +6%
Valorant	30−35 +3.3%	30−33 −3.3%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	10−12 −18.2%	13 +18.2%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	40−45 +5%	40−45 −5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
World of Tanks	60−65 −6.6%	65−70 +6.6%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16 −13.3%	16−18 +13.3%
Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +3.3%	30−33 −3.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Far Cry 5	18−20 −5.6%	18−20 +5.6%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −11.1%	20−22 +11.1%
Forza Horizon 5	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Metro Exodus	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
Valorant	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Dota 2	18−20 +5.6%	18−20 −5.6%
Grand Theft Auto V	18−20 +35.7%	14 −35.7%
Metro Exodus	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Counter-Strike 2	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Dota 2	18−20 −47.4%	28 +47.4%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Fortnite	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Forza Horizon 5	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Valorant	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Far Cry 5	30 +0%	30 +0%
Fortnite	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite

50−55

+0%

50−55

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Metro Exodus	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Valorant	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite

21−24

+0%

21−24

+0%

4K
High Preset

Valorant

9−10

+0%

9−10

+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS

24−27

+0%

24−27

+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite

9−10

+0%

9−10

+0%

This is how Pro 555X and T500 Mobile compete in popular games:

T500 Mobile is 20% faster in 1080p
T500 Mobile is 7% faster in 1440p
T500 Mobile is 21% faster in 4K

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

in Cyberpunk 2077, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Pro 555X is 240% faster.
in Dota 2, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the T500 Mobile is 200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Pro 555X is ahead in 6 tests (11%)
T500 Mobile is ahead in 31 test (57%)
there's a draw in 17 tests (31%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	8.42	9.02
Recency	16 July 2018	2 December 2020
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	18 Watt

Pro 555X has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

T500 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 7.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 316.7% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Radeon Pro 555X and Quadro T500 Mobile.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.