NVIDIA Quadro K500M
VS
AMD Radeon RX 550X Mobile
NVIDIA Quadro K500M
VS
AMD Radeon RX 550X Mobile

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA Quadro K500M  vs  AMD Radeon RX 550X Mobile.

861
Place in performance rating
307
Kepler
Architecture
Polaris
GK107
Code name
Polaris 23
Mobile workstation
Type
Laptop
1 June 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
10 January 2019 (2 years ago)
$19.95
Price now
$299
0.61
Value for money
15.64
N14M-Q1
GPU code name
Polaris 12
Mobile workstation
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA Quadro K500M  vs  AMD Radeon RX 550X Mobile in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

192
Pipelines
640
850 MHz
Core clock speed
1176 MHz
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Boost Clock
1287 MHz
1,270 million
Transistor count
2,200 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
35 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
13.60
Texture fill rate
51.48
326.4 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
192
Pipelines / CUDA cores
640
no data
Boost clock speed
1287 MHz
1,270 million
Number of transistors
2,200 million
35 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
50 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA Quadro K500M and AMD Radeon RX 550X Mobile come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

MXM-A (3.0)
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
medium sized
Laptop size
large

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA Quadro K500M vs AMD Radeon RX 550X Mobile.

DDR3 / GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
1800 MHz
Memory clock speed
7000 MHz
12.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
96 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA Quadro K500M vs AMD Radeon RX 550X Mobile.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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CUDA
no data
+
Optimus
no data
no data
FreeSync
+
no data
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
+

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA Quadro K500M and AMD Radeon RX 550X Mobile is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
+
Vulkan
1.2.131
5.1
Shader Model
6.4
1.2
OpenCL
2.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA Quadro K500M and AMD Radeon RX 550X Mobile graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA Quadro K500M or AMD Radeon RX 550X Mobile good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA Quadro K500M
AMD Radeon RX 550X Mobile
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA Quadro K500M
AMD Radeon RX 550X Mobile
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA Quadro K500M
AMD Radeon RX 550X Mobile
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA Quadro K500M
AMD Radeon RX 550X Mobile
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA Quadro K500M
AMD Radeon RX 550X Mobile
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA Quadro K500M

Cheaper ($19.95 vs $299)

Less power consumption (35 Watt vs 50 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 550X Mobile

16.19% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (640 vs 192)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (96 GB/s vs 12.8 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA Quadro K500M or AMD Radeon RX 550X Mobile?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 550X Mobile .

NVIDIA Quadro K500M versus AMD Radeon RX 550X Mobile performance benchmarks comparison

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