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NVIDIA Quadro K500M: specs and benchmarks
Price now
19.95$
Games supported
52%
- Interface MXM-A (3.0)
- Core clock speed 850
- Max video memory 2048 MB
- Memory type DDR3 / GDDR5
- Memory clock speed 1800
- Maximum resolution
Year of release
2012
Performance
1.21
Summary
NVIDIA started Quadro K500M sales 1 June 2012. This is a Kepler architecture notebook card based on 28 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 2 GB of DDR3 / GDDR5 memory clocked at 1.8 GHz are supplied, and together with 64 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 12.8 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is card attached via MXM-A (3.0) interface. Power consumption is at 35 Watt.
It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at
1.21%
of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.
General info
Some basic facts about Quadro K500M: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance rating | 943 | |
| Value for money | 0.61 | |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | |
| GPU code name | N14M-Q1 | |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | |
| Release date | 1 June 2012 (10 years old) | |
| Current price | $19.95 | of 49999 (A100 SXM4) |
Value for money
Technical specs
Quadro K500M's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Quadro K500M's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 192 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Number of transistors | 1,270 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080 Ti) |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 35 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 13.60 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
| Floating-point performance | 326.4 gflops | of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
Dimensions and compatibility
Information on Quadro K500M's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.
| Laptop size | medium sized | |
| Interface | MXM-A (3.0) |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on Quadro K500M: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | DDR3 / GDDR5 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 1800 MHz | of 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
| Memory bandwidth | 12.8 GB/s | of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260) |
| Shared memory | - |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on Quadro K500M. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | No outputs |
Technologies
Technological solutions and APIs supported by Quadro K500M. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Optimus | + |
API support
APIs supported by Quadro K500M, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | |
| Vulkan | + | |
| CUDA | + |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of Quadro K500M. Overall performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
- Passmark
Passmark
This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Benchmark coverage: 24%
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Gaming performance
Let's see how good Quadro K500M is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
Popular games
- Full HD
Low Preset - Full HD
Medium Preset - Full HD
High Preset - Full HD
Ultra Preset - 1440p
High Preset - 1440p
Ultra Preset - 4K
High Preset - 4K
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5 |
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 1−2 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 10−11 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 3−4 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 7−8 |
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 1−2 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 10−11 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2 | |
| Metro Exodus | 3−4 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 3−4 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 7−8 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 3−4 |
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 1−2 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 3−4 |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 4−5 | |
| Hitman 3 | 3−4 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 4−5 | |
| Metro Exodus | 3−4 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 0−1 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 5−6 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4 |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 2−3 | |
| Hitman 3 | 2−3 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 4−5 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 4−5 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 5−6 |
Relative perfomance
Overall Quadro K500M performance compared to nearest competitors among mobile workstation video cards.
AMD equivalent
The nearest Quadro K500M's AMD equivalent is FirePro M5800, which is faster by 8% and higher by 20 positions in our performance rating.
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Similar GPUs
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Recommended processors
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