NVIDIA T500 Laptop GPU vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
NVIDIA T500 Laptop GPU
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The Nvidia T500 Mobile (formerly known as Quadro T500) for laptops is a professional mobile graphics card that is based on the Turing architecture (TU117 chip). It is based on the consumer GeForce MX450 and features the same 896 cores and a 64 Bit memory bus. Currently it is available with 2 or 4 GB graphics RAM (GDDR5 or GDDR6). The TDP ranges between 18 - 25 Watt depending on the variant. As the MX450, the T500 also supports PCIe 4.0. The chip is manufactured in 12nm FinFET at TSMC.
The Turing generation did not only introduce raytracing for the RTX cards, but also optimized the architecture of the cores and caches. According to Nvidia the CUDA cores offer now a concurrent execution of floating point and integer operations for increased performance in compute-heavy workloads of modern games. Furthermore, the caches were reworked (new unified memory architecture with twice the cache compared to Pascal). This leads to up to 50% more instructions per clock and a 40% more power efficient usage compared to Pascal. In contrary to the faster Quadro RTX cards, the T500 does not feature raytracing and Tensor cores.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
► remove from comparisonThe Nvidia GeForce GTX 950 is a mid-range graphics card for desktop PCs. It is based on the 28nm Maxwell GM206 chip and offers 768 shaders, 48 TMUs and 32 ROPs. The graphics memory is typically 2 GB GDDR5 with 6.6 GHz effective and a 128-bit interface.
As a novelty compared to the previous Maxwell GM204 chip, the GM206 includes the new VP7 video engine with HVEC (H.265) decoding and encoding. Furthermore, the GTX 950 supports HDMI 2.0 and HDCP 2.2 for 4K video output.
The 3D gaming performance of the GTX 950 is slightly better than the GeForce GTX 965M (33% more shaders but slower clock speed).
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 for notebooks (not the GTX 980M, sometimes also referred to as GeForce GTX 990M) is an overclockable high-end graphics card for laptops. It is an desktop Geforce GTX 980 chip with the same specifications (2048 shaders, 1126 MHz base clock, 7 Gbps memory) based on selected GM204 chips (for lower power consumption).
The performance is also on a level with the desktop GTX 980. Due to the different cooling solutions, the long term performance may be slightly lower compared to a well cooled desktop, but Nvidia assures only small degrades in performance. Furthermore, the mobile GTX 980 supports overclocking out of the box and all laptop manufacturers plan to provide an easy to use tool to overclock the card on the fly.
The core features are also the same, so expect support for DirectX 12 (FL 12_1). There will be no support for the new H.265 video engine as found on the desktop GTX 950.
The power consumption of the card is a lot higher than other mobile graphics card like the GeForce GTX 980M (100 Watt TDP). According to Nvidia, the TDP of the reference design is still 165 Watt like in the desktop version. Including overclocking headroom, the power consumption may reach up to 200 Watt. Therefore, only big laptops with efficient cooling methods can house the GeForce GTX980 for laptops.
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Architecture | Turing | Maxwell | Maxwell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pipelines | 896 - unified | 768 - unified | 2048 - unified | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Core Speed | 1365 - 1695 (Boost) MHz | 1024 - 1188 (Boost) MHz | 1126 - 1228 (Boost) MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Speed | 10000 MHz | 3300 MHz | 3500 MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Bus Width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit | 256 Bit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Type | GDDR5, GDDR6 | GDDR5 | GDDR5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Max. Amount of Memory | 4 GB | 2048 MB | 4 GB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shared Memory | no | no | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
API | DirectX 12_1, OpenGL 4.6 | DirectX 12.1, OpenGL 4.5 | DirectX 12_1, OpenGL 4.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Power Consumption | 25 Watt | 90 Watt | 100-200 Watt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
technology | 12 nm | 28 nm | 28 nm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notebook Size | medium sized | large | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of Announcement | 27.05.2019 | 20.08.2015 | 22.09.2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Codename | GM206 | N16E-GXX | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transistors | 2.9 Billion | 5.2 Billion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features | CUDA, 3D Vision, PhysX, GeForce Experience, Surround, GameStream, GPU Boost 2.0, Adaptive Vertical Sync, G-SYNC, SLI | CUDA, 3D Vision, PhysX, GeForce Experience, Surround, GameStream, GPU Boost 2.0, Adaptive Vertical Sync, G-SYNC, SLI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Link to Manufacturer Page | www.nvidia.de |
Benchmarks
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
specvp12 sw-03 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + NVIDIA T500 Laptop GPU
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + NVIDIA T500 Laptop GPU
Average Benchmarks NVIDIA T500 Laptop GPU → 100% n=9
Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 → 120% n=9
Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) → 220% n=9

* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
Game Benchmarks
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Cyberpunk 2077 1.0
2020
Star Wars Squadrons
2020
F1 2020
2020
Far Cry 5
2018
X-Plane 11.11
2018
Overwatch
2016
Doom
2016
Need for Speed 2016
2016
Hitman 2016
2016
The Division
2016
Far Cry Primal
2016
XCOM 2
2016
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
Just Cause 3
2015
Fallout 4
2015
Anno 2205
2015
FIFA 16
2015
Metal Gear Solid V
2015
Mad Max
2015
Dota 2 Reborn
2015
The Witcher 3
2015
Dirt Rally
2015
GTA V
2015
Battlefield Hardline
2015
Evolve
2015
Far Cry 4
2014
F1 2014
2014
Alien: Isolation
2014
Fifa 15
2014
Sims 4
2014
GRID: Autosport
2014
Watch Dogs
2014
Thief
2014
Battlefield 4
2013
Metro: Last Light
2013
BioShock Infinite
2013
Tomb Raider
2013
Crysis 3
2013
Guild Wars 2
2012
Sleeping Dogs
2012Average Gaming NVIDIA T500 Laptop GPU → 100%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%
Average Gaming NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 → 128%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 142%
Average Gaming NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) → 251%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 297%
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Cyberpunk 2077 1.0 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 10.1 | |||||||||||||||||
Immortals Fenyx Rising | 65 | 35 | 29 | 24 | |||||||||||||||||
Star Wars Squadrons | 54.7 | 47.2 | 42.4 | ||||||||||||||||||
F1 2020 | 100 | 59.8 | 44 | 29.3 | |||||||||||||||||
Strange Brigade | 111 | 34 | 29 | 25 | 17.9 | 9.6 | |||||||||||||||
Far Cry 5 | 52 | 30 | 28 | 27 | |||||||||||||||||
X-Plane 11.11 | 70 | 63 | 55 | 29.4 | |||||||||||||||||
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 50 | 24 | 17 | 12.4 | 5.73 | ||||||||||||||||
Dota 2 Reborn | 128 | 118 | 90 | 79 | 27.7 | ||||||||||||||||
The Witcher 3 | 96 | 52 | 29 | 20 | 120.4 | 71.9 | 38 | 20.5 | 12.7 | 221 | 147 | 84 | 44 | 30 | |||||||
GTA V | 141 | 97 | 42 | 21 | 13.2 | 14 | 150.2 | 142 | 64.3 | 9.9 | 28.3 | 168 | 160 | 117 | 51 | 60 | |||||
NVIDIA T500 Laptop GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) | |||||||||||||||||||
low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 3 5 2 | 2 6 3 | 6 4 1 | 7 1 1 | 3 | 5 | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 2 | 1 1 | 1 1 | 2 | | 2 | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | 1 1 |
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