NVIDIA Quadro P500: specs and benchmarks
Aggregated performance score
Summary
NVIDIA started Quadro P500 sales 14 November 2017. This is a Pascal architecture notebook card based on 14 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 2 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 5.01 GHz are supplied, and together with 64 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 32.1 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Power consumption is at 18 Watt.
It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 4.21% of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.
General info
Some basic facts about Quadro P500: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | 640 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Value for money | 2.55 | |
| Architecture | Pascal (2016−2021) | |
| GPU code name | GP108 | |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | |
| Release date | 14 November 2017 (6 years old) | |
| Current price | $300 | of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB) |
Value for money
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Technical specs
Quadro P500's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Quadro P500's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 256 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Core clock speed | 1455 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Boost clock speed | 1519 MHz | of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
| Number of transistors | 1,800 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | of 4 (H100 PCIe) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 18 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 21.25 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
| Floating-point performance | 679.9 gflops | of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
Size and compatibility
Information on Quadro P500'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 | large | |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on Quadro P500: 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 | GDDR5 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 5012 MHz | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
| Memory bandwidth | 32.1 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
| Shared memory | - |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on Quadro P500. 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 | 3x mini-DisplayPort |
API support
APIs supported by Quadro P500, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12.1 | |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | |
| Vulkan | 1.1.0.1 | |
| CUDA | 6.1 |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of Quadro P500. 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.
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%
3DMark 11 Performance GPU
3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.
Benchmark coverage: 17%
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.
Benchmark coverage: 14%
3DMark Cloud Gate GPU
Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.
Benchmark coverage: 14%
GeekBench 5 OpenCL
Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.
Benchmark coverage: 9%
GeekBench 5 CUDA
Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.
Benchmark coverage: 4%
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04
Benchmark coverage: 3%
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03
Benchmark coverage: 3%
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02
Benchmark coverage: 3%
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04
Benchmark coverage: 3%
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01
Benchmark coverage: 3%
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01
Benchmark coverage: 3%
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01
Benchmark coverage: 3%
SPECviewperf 12 - Showcase
Benchmark coverage: 2%
SPECviewperf 12 - Maya
This part of SPECviewperf 12 workstation benchmark uses Autodesk Maya 13 engine to render a superhero energy plant static scene consisting of more than 700 thousand polygons, in six different modes.
Benchmark coverage: 2%
SPECviewperf 12 - Catia
Benchmark coverage: 2%
SPECviewperf 12 - Solidworks
Benchmark coverage: 2%
SPECviewperf 12 - Siemens NX
Benchmark coverage: 2%
SPECviewperf 12 - Creo
Benchmark coverage: 2%
SPECviewperf 12 - Energy
Benchmark coverage: 2%
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Gaming performance
Let's see how good Quadro P500 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.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 20 |
Performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 7−8 |
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 7−8 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 3−4 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 12−14 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 14−16 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 7−8 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 14 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 8−9 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 12−14 | |
| Hitman 3 | 9−10 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 8−9 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 8−9 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 10−12 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 5−6 |
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 7−8 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 3−4 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 12−14 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 14−16 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 7−8 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 12 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 8−9 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 12−14 | |
| Hitman 3 | 9−10 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 8−9 | |
| Metro Exodus | 6−7 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 8−9 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 10−12 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 14 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 5−6 |
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 7−8 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 3−4 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 12−14 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 7−8 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 8 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 8−9 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 12−14 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 8 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 5−6 |
1440p
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 7−8 | |
| Hitman 3 | 7−8 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 10−12 | |
| Metro Exodus | 2−3 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 7−8 |
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 2−3 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 6−7 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 2−3 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 4−5 |
4K
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 3−4 | |
| Hitman 3 | 4−5 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 8−9 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 1−2 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 0−1 |
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 2−3 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 1−2 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 4−5 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 7−8 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 2−3 |
Relative perfomance
Overall Quadro P500 performance compared to nearest competitors among mobile workstation video cards.
AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Quadro P500 is FirePro M4000, which is slower by 2% and lower by 6 positions in our ranking.
Here are some closest AMD rivals to Quadro P500:
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 P500 according to our statistics.
