Quadro M500M: specs and benchmarks

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Aggregate performance score

Quadro M500M provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 3.01% of a leader's which is GeForce RTX 4090.

Summary

NVIDIA started Quadro M500M sales 27 April 2016. This is a Maxwell architecture notebook card based on 28 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 2 GB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 0.9 GHz are supplied, and together with 64 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 14.4 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via MXM-A (3.0) interface. Power consumption is at 30 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about Quadro M500M: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking770
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Power efficiency6.94of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code nameGM108
Market segmentMobile workstation
Release date27 April 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Quadro M500M's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Quadro M500M's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores384of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090)
Core clock speed1029 MHzof 2800 MHz (Playstation 5 Pro GPU)
Boost clock speed1124 MHzof 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Manufacturing process technology28 nmof 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)30 Wattof 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate17.98of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power0.8632 TFLOPSof 109.7 (GeForce RTX 5090)
ROPs8of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX)
TMUs16of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Quadro M500M 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 sizelarge
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectorsNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on Quadro M500M: 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 typeGDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GBof 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width64 Bitof 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed900 MHzof 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/sof 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Shared memory-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on Quadro M500M. 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 ConnectorsNo outputs

Supported technologies

Technological solutions and APIs supported by Quadro M500M. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus+
nView Display Management+
Optimus+

API compatibility

APIs supported by Quadro M500M, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX12
Shader Model5.1
OpenGL4.5of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090)
OpenCL1.2
Vulkan1.1.126
CUDA5.0

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Quadro M500M. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 M500M 3.01

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.

Quadro M500M 1163

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.

Quadro M500M 2365

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Quadro M500M 7959

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.

Quadro M500M 1595

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.

Quadro M500M 8348

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.

Quadro M500M 6053

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Quadro M500M 126522

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

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 Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Quadro M500M 5222

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.

Quadro M500M 5713

Unigine Heaven 3.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark using Unigine, a 3D game engine by eponymous Russian company. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. Version 3.0 was released in 2012, and in 2013 it was superseded by Heaven 4.0, which introduced several slight improvements, including a newer version of Unigine.

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SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

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SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

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SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

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SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

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SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

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SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 medical-01

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SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

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SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

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SPECviewperf 12 - Showcase

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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.

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SPECviewperf 12 - Catia

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SPECviewperf 12 - Solidworks

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SPECviewperf 12 - Siemens NX

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SPECviewperf 12 - Creo

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SPECviewperf 12 - Medical

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SPECviewperf 12 - Energy

Quadro M500M 0.4

Gaming performance

Let's see how good Quadro M500M 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 HD15

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 6−7

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
Battlefield 5 5−6
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
Far Cry 5 6−7
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
Hitman 3 8−9
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
Metro Exodus 4−5
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
Battlefield 5 5−6
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
Far Cry 5 6−7
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
Hitman 3 8−9
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
Metro Exodus 4−5
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
Far Cry 5 6−7
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
Hitman 3 8−9
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
Far Cry 5 3−4
Hitman 3 8−9
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
Far Cry 5 1−2
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5

Closest competitors

Quadro M500M's performance relative to its closest rivals among mobile workstation graphics cards.


Quadro 4000M 111.96
FirePro M4170 101.66
Quadro K620M 100.33
Quadro M500M 100

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Quadro M500M is FirePro W4190M, which is slower by 1% and lower by 4 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Quadro M500M:

FirePro M5950 113.29
FirePro M4170 101.66
Quadro M500M 100

Similar GPUs

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Recommended processors

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Community ratings

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