NVIDIA Quadro K500M: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Quadro K500M provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 1.09% of a leader's which is RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell.
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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. 1 GB of DDR3 memory clocked at 0.8 GHz are supplied, and together with 64 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 12.8 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via MXM-A (3.0) interface. Power consumption is at 35 Watt.
Primary details
Some basic facts about Quadro K500M: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in the ranking | 1095 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Power efficiency | 2.50 | of 100.00 (Radeon 890M) |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | |
| GPU code name | GK107 | |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | |
| Release date | 1 June 2012 (13 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
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 960 (GeForce GTX 660) |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz | of 980 (GeForce GT 755M SLI) |
| Number of transistors | 1,270 million | of 100,000 million (Data Center GPU Max 1100) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | of 0.003 MB (Arc Graphics 140V) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | of 235 (FirePro S9150) |
| Texture fill rate | 13.60 | of 1,968 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell) |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.3264 TFLOPS | of 126 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell) |
| ROPs | 8 | of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000) |
| TMUs | 16 | of 896 (Data Center GPU Max 1350) |
| L1 Cache | 16 KB | of 64 MB (Data Center GPU Max 1550) |
| L2 Cache | 128 KB | of 408 MB (Data Center GPU Max 1350) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Quadro K500M and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | medium sized | |
| Interface | MXM-A (3.0) |
VRAM capacity and type
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 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | of 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X) |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | of 384 (GeForce GTX 980 Ti) |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | of 16384000 MB (GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile) |
| Memory bandwidth | 12.8 GB/s | of 983040 MB (GeForce RTX 5080) |
| Shared memory | - |
Connectivity and outputs
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 |
Supported 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 and SDK 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 score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.
Send your test results of Quadro K500M.
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 | 3−4 | |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 6−7 |
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 1−2 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3 | |
| Fortnite | 3−4 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 7−8 | |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 1−2 | |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 6−7 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 9−10 | |
| Valorant | 30−35 |
Full HD
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 1−2 | |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 27−30 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4 | |
| Dota 2 | 16−18 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3 | |
| Fortnite | 3−4 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 7−8 | |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 1−2 | |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 0−1 | |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 6−7 | |
| Metro Exodus | 2−3 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 9−10 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 7−8 | |
| Valorant | 30−35 |
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 1−2 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4 | |
| Dota 2 | 16−18 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 7−8 | |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 6−7 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 9−10 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 7−8 | |
| Valorant | 30−35 |
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 3−4 |
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 4−5 | |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 7−8 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 10−12 | |
| Valorant | 3−4 |
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4 | |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 1−2 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 2−3 |
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 2−3 |
4K
High Preset
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16 | |
| Valorant | 6−7 |
4K
Ultra Preset
| Dota 2 | 0−1 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 2−3 |
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 2−3 |
AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Quadro K500M is FirePro M2000, which is slower by 12% and lower by 40 positions in our ranking.
Here are some closest AMD rivals to Quadro K500M:
Similar GPUs
Here is our recommendation of several graphics cards that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.
Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with Quadro K500M according to our statistics.
