Quadro T500 Mobile vs ATI Radeon X850 XT

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon X850 XT with Quadro T500 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

ATI X850 XT
2004
256 MB GDDR3, 69 Watt
0.19

T500 Mobile outperforms X850 XT by a whopping 4237% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1458549
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.2135.16
ArchitectureR400 (2004−2008)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameR480TU117
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date1 December 2004 (20 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 coresno data896
Core clock speed520 MHz1365 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1695 MHz
Number of transistors160 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)69 Watt18 Watt
Texture fill rate8.32094.92
Floating-point processing powerno data3.037 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs1656
L1 Cacheno data896 KB
L2 Cacheno data1024 KB

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 sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount256 MB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed540 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth34.56 GB/s80 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX9.0b (9_2)12 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGL2.04.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.2
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 HD0−136
1440p-0−115
4K-0−117

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Escape from Tarkov 30−35
+0%
30−35
+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 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%
Valorant 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Dota 2 90
+0%
90
+0%
Escape from Tarkov 30−35
+0%
30−35
+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 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 31
+0%
31
+0%
Metro Exodus 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 28
+0%
28
+0%
Valorant 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Dota 2 75
+0%
75
+0%
Escape from Tarkov 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Far Cry 5 27
+0%
27
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 19
+0%
19
+0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 13
+0%
13
+0%
Metro Exodus 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Valorant 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Escape from Tarkov 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14
+0%
14
+0%
Metro Exodus 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Valorant 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Dota 2 28
+0%
28
+0%
Escape from Tarkov 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Far Cry 5 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 50 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.19 8.24
Recency 1 December 2004 2 December 2020
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 69 Watt 18 Watt

T500 Mobile has a 4236.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 16 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 983.3% more advanced lithography process, and 283.3% lower power consumption.

The Quadro T500 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon X850 XT in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon X850 XT is a desktop graphics card while Quadro T500 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.

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