Quadro T500 Mobile vs Radeon Pro 555X

Place in the ranking	503	481
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	7.69	34.34
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

Cyberpunk 2077

12−14

−7.7%

14−16
+7.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −4.8%	21−24 +4.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −8.3%	12−14 +8.3%
Battlefield 5	24−27 −8%	27−30 +8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 −5.9%	18−20 +5.9%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −7.7%	14−16 +7.7%
Far Cry 5	18−20 −57.9%	30 +57.9%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 −8.7%	24−27 +8.7%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 −7.1%	60−65 +7.1%
Hitman 3	16−18 −6.3%	16−18 +6.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 −4.2%	50−55 +4.2%
Metro Exodus	24−27 +4.2%	24−27 −4.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24 −8.7%	24−27 +8.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30 −7.1%	30−33 +7.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60 −3.4%	60−65 +3.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −4.8%	21−24 +4.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −8.3%	12−14 +8.3%
Battlefield 5	24−27 −8%	27−30 +8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 −5.9%	18−20 +5.9%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −7.7%	14−16 +7.7%
Far Cry 5	18−20 −47.4%	28 +47.4%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 −8.7%	24−27 +8.7%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 −7.1%	60−65 +7.1%
Hitman 3	16−18 −6.3%	16−18 +6.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 −4.2%	50−55 +4.2%
Metro Exodus	24−27 −12%	27−30 +12%
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24 −8.7%	24−27 +8.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30 −7.1%	30−33 +7.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 −16.7%	28 +16.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60 −3.4%	60−65 +3.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −4.8%	21−24 +4.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −8.3%	12−14 +8.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 −5.9%	18−20 +5.9%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −7.7%	14−16 +7.7%
Far Cry 5	18−20 −42.1%	27 +42.1%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 −7.1%	60−65 +7.1%
Hitman 3	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 −4.2%	50−55 +4.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30 −7.1%	30−33 +7.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +26.3%	19 −26.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60 −3.4%	60−65 +3.4%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

21−24

−4.3%

24−27
+4.3%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 +8.3%	12−14 −8.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −11.8%	35−40 +11.8%
Hitman 3	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Metro Exodus	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	50−55 −7.5%	55−60 +7.5%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16

+0%

14−16
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Hitman 3	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 −12.5%	35−40 +12.5%
Metro Exodus	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9

+0%

8−9
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

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

Battlefield 5	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +0%	6−7 +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 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Pro 555X is 26% faster.
in Far Cry 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the T500 Mobile is 58% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Pro 555X is ahead in 1 test (1%)
T500 Mobile is ahead in 45 tests (66%)
there's a draw in 22 tests (32%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	8.40	9.00
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.