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NVIDIA Quadro M1000M

The NVIDIA Quadro M1000M is a workstation graphics card released on August 18, 2015, built on the Maxwell architecture. It has 4 GB of GDDR5 memory, a boost clock of 993 MHz and a 40 W board power rating. It scores 2,823 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12 (FL 12_1), OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 3.0 and CUDA compute capability 5.0.

MaxwellGM107Workstation

6/10 key specs recorded · 36 facts

Depth: 35 recorded fields, 5 features, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark, NVIDIA Developer: Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 6 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark NVIDIA Developer: Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)

Shading units

n/a

Memory

4 GB

GDDR5

Boost clock

n/a

993 MHz base

Board power

40 W

Performance

The NVIDIA Quadro M1000M scores 2,823 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 72% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #791), measured across 2,108 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 305.

PassMark G3D Mark

2,823

Rank #791
Faster than 72% of 2,658 GPUs
2,108 samples

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

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 52 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 59.1% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 14 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 55.4% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 19 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 49.7% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 11 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 38.8% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 1,130 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 52% 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 M1000M averages DirectX 9 52 fps, DirectX 10 14 fps, DirectX 11 19 fps, DirectX 12 11 fps and GPU Compute 1,130 ops/s, across 2,108 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Mobile

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Max memory 4 GB

Core clock 993 MHz

Memory clock 1253 MHz

DirectX 12.1

OpenGL 4.5

Max TDP 40 W

First benchmarked 2015-11-03

Samples 2,108

PassMark listing (collected 2026-09-30)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA Quadro M1000M states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 4 GB of memory, a core clock of 993 MHz, DirectX 12.1 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2015-11-03. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture Maxwell

Codename GM107

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro M1000M is based on the Maxwell architecture and uses the GM107 graphics processor.

Clock speeds

Base clock 993 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro M1000M runs at a base clock of 993 MHz.

Memory

Size 4 GB

Type GDDR5

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro M1000M is equipped with 4 GB of GDDR5 memory.

Board and power

The NVIDIA Quadro M1000M has a board power rating of 40 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 40 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 PCIe 3.0 x16

Market

Launched August 18, 2015

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Workstation

Series Quadro

The NVIDIA Quadro M1000M was released on August 18, 2015.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 2,823

PassMark G2D 305

Rank #791

Samples 2,108

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA Quadro M1000M supports DirectX 12 (FL 12_1), OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 3.0 and CUDA compute capability 5.0.

DirectX 12 (FL 12_1)

OpenGL 4.6

Vulkan 1.3

OpenCL 3.0

CUDA compute capability 5.0

Features

The NVIDIA Quadro M1000M has 1 supported feature recorded outside the media engine. A feature that no source mentions is shown as not listed, never as unsupported.

Compute and AI

Supported: CUDA Compute capability 5.0

Support for NVIDIA's CUDA computing platform, used by many creative, scientific and AI applications.

Not listed (2)

No source Feex holds states whether the NVIDIA Quadro M1000M supports Tensor cores and NVLink / SLI. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The NVIDIA Quadro M1000M supports CUDA (Compute capability 5.0) under Compute and AI.

Media engine

The NVIDIA Quadro M1000M provides hardware encode for H.264 (AVC). It does not support hardware encode for HEVC (H.265) and AV1.

NVIDIA NVENC encoder 4th Generation Encoder engines: 1NVIDIA's dedicated video-encoding engine, used by streaming and capture software; newer generations encode more efficiently.

Hardware video codec support of the NVIDIA Quadro M1000M
Codec	Encode	Decode
H.264 (AVC)	Supported4:4:4: Yes	Not stated by the vendor
HEVC (H.265)	Not supported	Not stated by the vendor
AV1	Not supported	Not stated by the vendor

supported explicitly not supported not stated by the vendor

Not listed: VP9. No source Feex holds states whether the NVIDIA Quadro M1000M supports this codec; that is silence, not a statement that it is unsupported.

Media engines recorded for the NVIDIA Quadro M1000M: NVIDIA NVENC encoder (4th Generation, encoder engines: 1).

Naming and aliases

The NVIDIA Quadro M1000M is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA Quadro M1000M (Mobile).

Other names (PassMark) NVIDIA Quadro M1000M (Mobile)

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA Quadro M1000M have?

The NVIDIA Quadro M1000M has 4 GB of GDDR5 memory.

How much power does the NVIDIA Quadro M1000M use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA Quadro M1000M has a board power rating of 40 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA Quadro M1000M?

The NVIDIA Quadro M1000M scores 2,823 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 72% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #791. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 11 fps.

Does the NVIDIA Quadro M1000M support AV1 encoding?

No. Feex records AV1 hardware encoding as explicitly not supported on the NVIDIA Quadro M1000M.

What is the CUDA compute capability of the NVIDIA Quadro M1000M?

The NVIDIA Quadro M1000M has CUDA compute capability 5.0.

What bus interface does the NVIDIA Quadro M1000M use?

The NVIDIA Quadro M1000M connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

When was the NVIDIA Quadro M1000M released?

The NVIDIA Quadro M1000M was released on August 18, 2015.

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.

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Architecture: Maxwell (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip GM107 -> Maxwell. 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.