GeForce GTX 950 vs Quadro 500M
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 950 and Quadro 500M, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 950 stacks up against Quadro 500M, check out specs charts below.
Quadro 500M
Main Specs
GeForce GTX 950
Quadro 500M
Power consumption (TDP)
90 Watt
35 Watt
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pins
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
1 GB
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
No outputs
Recommended system power (PSU)
350 Watt
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GeForce GTX 950 has 157% more power consumption, than Quadro 500M.
GeForce GTX 950 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Quadro 500M uses MXM-A (3.0) interface.
GeForce GTX 950 has 1 GB more memory, than Quadro 500M.
Both cards are used in Desktops.
GeForce GTX 950 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Quadro 500M - with Fermi.
Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 950 is 324 MHz higher, than Quadro 500M.
GeForce GTX 950 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Quadro 500M - by 40 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Quadro 500M is 1794 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 950.
Game benchmarks
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Battlefield 5
Call of Duty: Warzone
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Cyberpunk 2077
Dota 2
Far Cry 5
Fortnite
Forza Horizon 4
Grand Theft Auto V
Metro Exodus
Minecraft
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
Red Dead Redemption 2
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
World of Tanks
high / 1080p
35−40
0−1
ultra / 1080p
21−24
−
QHD / 1440p
16−18
0−1
4K / 2160p
10−11
−
low / 720p
60−65
1−2
medium / 1080p
40−45
0−1
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 6100% more, than Quadro 500M.
high / 1080p
55−60
−
ultra / 1080p
45−50
−
QHD / 1440p
35−40
0−1
4K / 2160p
18−20
−
low / 720p
100−110
0−1
medium / 1080p
60−65
−
low / 768p
50−55
50−55
high / 1080p
−
45−50
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
GeForce GTX 950 and Quadro 500M have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone.
low / 768p
250−260
60−65
medium / 768p
220−230
27−30
ultra / 1080p
180−190
7−8
QHD / 1440p
110−120
−
4K / 2160p
70−75
−
high / 768p
210−220
16−18
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 950 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 685% more, than Quadro 500M.
low / 768p
60−65
70−75
ultra / 1080p
−
0−1
medium / 1080p
55−60
45−50
GeForce GTX 950 and Quadro 500M have the same average FPS in Cyberpunk 2077.
low / 768p
120−130
45−50
medium / 768p
110−120
10−11
ultra / 1080p
100−110
0−1
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 950 in Dota 2 is 313% more, than Quadro 500M.
high / 1080p
45−50
−
ultra / 1080p
40−45
−
QHD / 1440p
27−30
−
4K / 2160p
14−16
−
low / 720p
80−85
0−1
medium / 1080p
45−50
−
high / 1080p
60−65
−
ultra / 1080p
45−50
−
QHD / 1440p
27−30
−
4K / 2160p
27−30
−
low / 720p
180−190
21−24
medium / 1080p
110−120
0−1
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 950 in Fortnite is 740% more, than Quadro 500M.
high / 1080p
60−65
0−1
ultra / 1080p
45−50
−
QHD / 1440p
30−35
0−1
4K / 2160p
24−27
−
low / 720p
100−110
0−1
medium / 1080p
65−70
0−1
low / 768p
140−150
18−20
medium / 768p
120−130
−
high / 1080p
70−75
0−1
ultra / 1080p
30−35
−
QHD / 1440p
21−24
0−1
medium / 720p
−
12−14
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 950 in Grand Theft Auto V is 663% more, than Quadro 500M.
high / 1080p
24−27
−
ultra / 1080p
20−22
−
QHD / 1440p
16−18
−
4K / 2160p
8−9
−
low / 720p
65−70
0−1
medium / 1080p
30−35
−
low / 768p
130−140
75−80
high / 1080p
−
27−30
medium / 1080p
120−130
−
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 950 in Minecraft is 75% more, than Quadro 500M.
ultra / 1080p
14−16
−
low / 720p
100−110
8−9
medium / 1080p
18−20
−
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 950 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 1212% more, than Quadro 500M.
high / 1080p
24−27
−
ultra / 1080p
16−18
−
QHD / 1440p
10−11
−
4K / 2160p
7−8
−
low / 720p
65−70
0−1
medium / 1080p
35−40
−
low / 768p
130−140
0−1
medium / 768p
85−90
−
high / 1080p
45−50
−
ultra / 1080p
24−27
−
4K / 2160p
16−18
−
low / 768p
90−95
45−50
medium / 768p
60−65
14−16
ultra / 1080p
50−55
0−1
high / 768p
60−65
12−14
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 950 in World of Tanks is 188% more, than Quadro 500M.
Full Specs
GeForce GTX 950
Quadro 500M
Architecture
Maxwell
Fermi
Code name
GM206
GF108
Type
Desktop
Workstation
Release date
20 August 2015
22 February 2011
Pipelines
768
96
Core clock speed
1024 MHz
700 MHz
Boost Clock
1188 MHz
Transistor count
2,940 million
585 million
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Texture fill rate
49.2 billion/sec
11.20
Floating-point performance
1,825 gflops
268.8 gflops
Length
7.938" (20.2 cm)
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
6.6 GB/s
1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
105.6 GB/s
28.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
G-SYNC support
+
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (11_0)
Shader Model
6.4
5.1
OpenGL
4.5
4.6
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A
CUDA
+
2.1
CUDA cores
768
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
Height
4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options
+
Multi monitor support
4 displays
HDCP
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)
233 Mh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto)
9.97 Mh/s
GameStream
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
GPU Boost
2.0
GameWorks
+
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