NVIDIA Quadro K500M: specs and benchmarks

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.

General info

Some basic facts about Quadro K500M: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking	998
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Value for money	0.61
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	N14M-Q1
Market segment	Mobile workstation
Release date	1 June 2012 (11 years ago)
Current price	$19.95	of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

Quadro K500M's specs 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 1070 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	of 4 (Radeon 780M)
Power consumption (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)

Size 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 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width	64 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	of 3276 (Aldebaran)
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. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. 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.

Quadro K500M 1.24

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of 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: 25%

Quadro K500M 480

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.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

Full HD
Medium Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5
Forza Horizon 4	0−1
Hitman 3	1−2
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8

Full HD
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5
Forza Horizon 4	0−1
Hitman 3	1−2
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2
Metro Exodus	2−3
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	4−5
Forza Horizon 4	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4
Hitman 3	4−5
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2
Far Cry 5	2−3
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3
Hitman 3	1−2
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1
Far Cry 5	3−4
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6

Relative performance

Overall Quadro K500M performance compared to nearest competitors among mobile workstation video cards.

Quadro 500M 118.55

FirePro M5800 110.48

NVS 5200M 106.45

Quadro K500M 100

Quadro FX 1800M 96.77

Quadro FX 3600M 96.77

Quadro FX 3700M 95.16

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Quadro K500M is FirePro M5800, which is faster by 10% and higher by 31 positions in our ranking.