Quadro T500 Mobile vs Radeon RX 550

Place in the ranking	555	488
Place by popularity	29	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.92	no data
Power efficiency	9.75	34.47
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	Lexa	TU117
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Release date	20 April 2017 (7 years ago)	2 December 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	512	896
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	1365 MHz
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz	1695 MHz
Number of transistors	2,200 million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	18 Watt
Texture fill rate	37.86	94.92
Floating-point processing power	1.211 TFLOPS	3.037 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	32
TMUs	32	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	no data	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
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	1750 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	112.0 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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	-

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	27−30 −33.3%	36 +33.3%
1440p	10−12 −50%	15 +50%
4K	12−14 −41.7%	17 +41.7%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	2.93	no data
1440p	7.90	no data
4K	6.58	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

18−20

+0%

18−20

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	8 +0%	8 +0%
Far Cry 5	30 +0%	30 +0%
Fortnite	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Valorant	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	6 +0%	6 +0%
Dota 2	90 +0%	90 +0%
Far Cry 5	28 +0%	28 +0%
Fortnite	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	31 +0%	31 +0%
Metro Exodus	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	28 +0%	28 +0%
Valorant	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
World of Tanks	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	5 +0%	5 +0%
Dota 2	75 +0%	75 +0%
Far Cry 5	27 +0%	27 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	19 +0%	19 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite

50−55

+0%

50−55

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V	13 +0%	13 +0%
Metro Exodus	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Valorant	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Far Cry 5	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite

21−24

+0%

21−24

+0%

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V	14 +0%	14 +0%
Metro Exodus	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Valorant	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Dota 2	28 +0%	28 +0%
Far Cry 5	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite

9−10

+0%

9−10

+0%

This is how RX 550 and T500 Mobile compete in popular games:

T500 Mobile is 33% faster in 1080p
T500 Mobile is 50% faster in 1440p
T500 Mobile is 42% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 54 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	6.81	8.67
Recency	20 April 2017	2 December 2020
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	18 Watt

RX 550 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

T500 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 27.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 177.8% lower power consumption.

The Quadro T500 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 550 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 550 is a desktop 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.