GeForce RTX 5060 vs Quadro P500

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking676not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency16.28no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameGP108GB206
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date5 January 2018 (6 years ago)2025

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores2564608
Core clock speed1455 MHz2235 MHz
Boost clock speed1518 MHz2520 MHz
Number of transistors1,800 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm0 nm
Power consumption (TDP)18 Watt170 Watt
Texture fill rate24.29362.9
Floating-point processing power0.7772 TFLOPS23.22 TFLOPS
ROPs1648
TMUs16144
Tensor Coresno data144
Ray Tracing Coresno data36

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 16-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount2 GB8 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth40.1 GB/s80 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA6.19.1

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 18 Watt 170 Watt

Quadro P500 has 844.4% lower power consumption.

RTX 5060, on the other hand, has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Quadro P500 and GeForce RTX 5060. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro P500 is a mobile workstation card while GeForce RTX 5060 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro P500
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