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NVIDIA Quadro K500M

The NVIDIA Quadro K500M is a workstation graphics card released on June 1, 2012, built on the Kepler architecture. It has 192 shading units, 1 GB of DDR3 memory, a boost clock of 850 MHz and a 35 W board power rating. It scores 480 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5.

KeplerGK107Workstation

7/10 key specs recorded · 27 facts

Depth: 34 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 7 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

192cores

Memory

1 GB

DDR3

Boost clock

n/a

850 MHz base

Board power

35 W

Performance

The NVIDIA Quadro K500M scores 480 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 35.6% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked, measured across 1 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 184.

PassMark G3D Mark

480

Faster than 35.6% of 2,658 GPUs
1 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 11 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 21.8% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 1 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 0% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 4 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 7.8% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 2 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 3.2% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 296 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 13.7% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA Quadro K500M averages DirectX 9 11 fps, DirectX 10 1 fps, DirectX 11 4 fps, DirectX 12 2 fps and GPU Compute 296 ops/s, across 1 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Mobile

Bus interface MXM-A (3.0)

Max memory 1 GB

Core clock 709 MHz

Memory clock 800 MHz

DirectX 12

OpenGL 4.6

Max TDP 35 W

First benchmarked 2020-07-27

Samples 1

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA Quadro K500M states the MXM-A (3.0) interface, up to 1 GB of memory, a core clock of 709 MHz, DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.6, first benchmarked on 2020-07-27. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture Kepler

Codename GK107

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro K500M is based on the Kepler architecture and uses the GK107 graphics processor.

Shader configuration

Shading units 192

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 16

Render output units (ROPs) 8

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro K500M has 192 shading units, 16 texture mapping units and 8 render output units.

The NVIDIA Quadro K500M does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA Quadro K500M. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA Quadro K500M.

Clock speeds

Base clock 850 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro K500M runs at a base clock of 850 MHz.

Memory

Size 1 GB

Type DDR3

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro K500M is equipped with 1 GB of DDR3 memory.

Board and power

The NVIDIA Quadro K500M has a board power rating of 35 W and it connects over MXM-A (3.0).

Board power (TDP) 35 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface MXM-A (3.0)

Market

Launched June 1, 2012

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Workstation

Series Quadro

The NVIDIA Quadro K500M was released on June 1, 2012.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 480

PassMark G2D 184

Rank Not recorded

Samples 1

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA Quadro K500M supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5.

DirectX 11

OpenGL 4.5

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA Quadro K500M. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA Quadro K500M. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA Quadro K500M.

Naming and aliases

The NVIDIA Quadro K500M is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA Quadro K500M (Mobile).

Other names (PassMark) NVIDIA Quadro K500M (Mobile)

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA Quadro K500M have?

The NVIDIA Quadro K500M has 1 GB of DDR3 memory.

How much power does the NVIDIA Quadro K500M use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA Quadro K500M has a board power rating of 35 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA Quadro K500M?

The NVIDIA Quadro K500M scores 480 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 35.6% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 2 fps.

What bus interface does the NVIDIA Quadro K500M use?

The NVIDIA Quadro K500M connects over MXM-A (3.0).

When was the NVIDIA Quadro K500M released?

The NVIDIA Quadro K500M was released on June 1, 2012.

Corrections to this record

After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.

1 filled value

Architecture: Kepler (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip GK107 -> Kepler. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724).

The audit log is public: all changes for this GPU, the corrections overview and the method.