Quadro RTX 5000 vs Quadro P500

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro P500 with Quadro RTX 5000, including specs and performance data.

Quadro P500
2018
2 GB GDDR5, 18 Watt
4.22

RTX 5000 outperforms P500 by a whopping 880% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking67696
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data14.37
Power efficiency16.9212.97
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGP108TU104
Market segmentMobile workstationWorkstation
Release date5 January 2018 (6 years ago)13 August 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,299

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores2563072
Core clock speed1455 MHz1620 MHz
Boost clock speed1518 MHz1815 MHz
Number of transistors1,800 million13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)18 Watt230 Watt
Texture fill rate24.29348.5
Floating-point processing power0.7772 TFLOPS11.15 TFLOPS
ROPs1664
TMUs16192
Tensor Coresno data384
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

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 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB16 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth40.1 GB/s448.0 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 outputs4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA6.17.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. 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 P500 4.22
RTX 5000 41.34
+880%

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 P500 1630
RTX 5000 15954
+879%

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 P500 6352
RTX 5000 103320
+1527%

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 P500 6438
RTX 5000 96650
+1401%

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 HD21
−852%
200−210
+852%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−829%
65−70
+829%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
−817%
110−120
+817%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%
Battlefield 5 10−11
−850%
95−100
+850%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
−844%
85−90
+844%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−829%
65−70
+829%
Far Cry 5 15
−833%
140−150
+833%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
−817%
110−120
+817%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
−860%
240−250
+860%
Hitman 3 10−11
−850%
95−100
+850%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
−864%
270−280
+864%
Metro Exodus 9−10
−844%
85−90
+844%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
−809%
100−105
+809%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18
−838%
150−160
+838%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−830%
400−450
+830%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
−817%
110−120
+817%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%
Battlefield 5 10−11
−850%
95−100
+850%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
−844%
85−90
+844%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−829%
65−70
+829%
Far Cry 5 14
−829%
130−140
+829%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
−817%
110−120
+817%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
−860%
240−250
+860%
Hitman 3 10−11
−850%
95−100
+850%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
−864%
270−280
+864%
Metro Exodus 9−10
−844%
85−90
+844%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
−809%
100−105
+809%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18
−838%
150−160
+838%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
−838%
150−160
+838%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−830%
400−450
+830%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
−817%
110−120
+817%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
−844%
85−90
+844%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−829%
65−70
+829%
Far Cry 5 8
−838%
75−80
+838%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
−860%
240−250
+860%
Hitman 3 10−11
−850%
95−100
+850%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
−864%
270−280
+864%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18
−838%
150−160
+838%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8
−838%
75−80
+838%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−830%
400−450
+830%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
−809%
100−105
+809%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
−838%
75−80
+838%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−817%
55−60
+817%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−775%
35−40
+775%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−800%
18−20
+800%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−800%
45−50
+800%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−817%
55−60
+817%
Hitman 3 9−10
−844%
85−90
+844%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−11
−850%
95−100
+850%
Metro Exodus 0−1 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%
Watch Dogs: Legion 24−27
−862%
250−260
+862%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−838%
75−80
+838%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%
Hitman 3 0−1 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 1−2
−800%
9−10
+800%
Metro Exodus 1−2
−800%
9−10
+800%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−800%
18−20
+800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−800%
18−20
+800%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3
−800%
18−20
+800%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−800%
9−10
+800%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−800%
45−50
+800%

This is how Quadro P500 and RTX 5000 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 5000 is 852% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.22 41.34
Recency 5 January 2018 13 August 2018
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 18 Watt 230 Watt

Quadro P500 has 1177.8% lower power consumption.

RTX 5000, on the other hand, has a 879.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 months, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Quadro RTX 5000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro P500 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro P500 is a mobile workstation card while Quadro RTX 5000 is a workstation one.


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