Quadro P500 vs K510M
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Quadro K510M and Quadro P500, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
P500 outperforms K510M by a whopping 154% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 901 | 647 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 2.45 |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | Pascal (2016−2021) |
| GPU code name | GK208 | GP108 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 23 July 2013 (10 years ago) | 14 November 2017 (6 years ago) |
| Current price | no data | $300 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Detailed specifications
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 192 | 256 |
| Core clock speed | 846 MHz | 1455 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1519 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 915 million | 1,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 30 Watt | 18 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 13.54 | 21.25 |
| Floating-point performance | 324.9 gflops | 679.9 gflops |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on Quadro K510M and Quadro P500 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 | large |
| Interface | MXM-A (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2400 MHz | 5012 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 19.2 GB/s | 32.1 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 3x mini-DisplayPort |
| Display Port | 1.2 | no data |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Optimus | + | no data |
| 3D Vision Pro | + | no data |
| Mosaic | + | no data |
| nView Display Management | + | no data |
| Optimus | + | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 | 12.1 |
| Shader Model | 5 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | + | 1.1.0.1 |
| CUDA | + | 6.1 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. 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.
P500 outperforms K510M by 154% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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%
P500 outperforms K510M by 153% in Passmark.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 9−10
−156%
| 23
+156%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−250%
|
7−8
+250%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4
−200%
|
9−10
+200%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 3−4
−200%
|
9−10
+200%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−250%
|
7−8
+250%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 5−6
−200%
|
15
+200%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 4−5
−200%
|
12−14
+200%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 7−8
−171%
|
18−20
+171%
|
| Hitman 3 | 3−4
−167%
|
8−9
+167%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 9−10
−156%
|
21−24
+156%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 4−5
−175%
|
10−12
+175%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 5−6
−200%
|
14−16
+200%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 7−8
−186%
|
20−22
+186%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4
−200%
|
9−10
+200%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 3−4
−200%
|
9−10
+200%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−250%
|
7−8
+250%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 5−6
−180%
|
14
+180%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 4−5
−200%
|
12−14
+200%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 7−8
−171%
|
18−20
+171%
|
| Hitman 3 | 3−4
−167%
|
8−9
+167%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 9−10
−156%
|
21−24
+156%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 4−5
−175%
|
10−12
+175%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 5−6
−200%
|
14−16
+200%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
−180%
|
14
+180%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 7−8
−186%
|
20−22
+186%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4
−200%
|
9−10
+200%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 3−4
−200%
|
9−10
+200%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−250%
|
7−8
+250%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4
−167%
|
8
+167%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 7−8
−171%
|
18−20
+171%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 9−10
−156%
|
21−24
+156%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 5−6
−200%
|
14−16
+200%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 3−4
−167%
|
8
+167%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 7−8
−186%
|
20−22
+186%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 4−5
−175%
|
10−12
+175%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 3−4
−167%
|
8−9
+167%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 1−2
−400%
|
5−6
+400%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 1−2
−300%
|
4−5
+300%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 2−3
−200%
|
6−7
+200%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 2−3 |
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3
−200%
|
6−7
+200%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 2−3
−250%
|
7−8
+250%
|
| Hitman 3 | 3−4
−200%
|
9−10
+200%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 3−4
−233%
|
10−11
+233%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2
−200%
|
3−4
+200%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 3−4
−167%
|
8−9
+167%
|
4K
High Preset
| Far Cry New Dawn | 1−2
−200%
|
3−4
+200%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 1−2
−300%
|
4−5
+300%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 1−2
−200%
|
3−4
+200%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 0−1 | 2−3 |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 0−1 | 2−3 |
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 2−3 |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 1−2
−300%
|
4−5
+300%
|
| Metro Exodus | 2−3
−200%
|
6−7
+200%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 0−1 | 1−2 |
4K
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 1−2
−400%
|
5−6
+400%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 1−2
−200%
|
3−4
+200%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 3−4
−233%
|
10−11
+233%
|
| Metro Exodus | 2−3
−200%
|
6−7
+200%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 1−2
−200%
|
3−4
+200%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 3−4
−233%
|
10−11
+233%
|
| Metro Exodus | 2−3
−200%
|
6−7
+200%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 1−2
−200%
|
3−4
+200%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Metro Exodus | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 0−1 | 1−2 |
4K
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 1−2
−200%
|
3−4
+200%
|
| Hitman 3 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 0−1 | 1−2 |
4K
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2
−200%
|
3−4
+200%
|
This is how Quadro K510M and Quadro P500 compete in popular games:
- Quadro P500 is 156% faster in 1080p
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.66 | 4.21 |
| Recency | 23 July 2013 | 14 November 2017 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 30 Watt | 18 Watt |
The Quadro P500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro K510M in performance tests.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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