GeForce GT 650M vs Quadro P500

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GT 650M and Quadro P500, 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 GT 650M stacks up against Quadro P500, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GT 650M and Quadro P500 are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GT 650M and Quadro P500 are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce GT 650M or Quadro P500 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GT 650M Quadro P500
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 30 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3\GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 3x mini-DisplayPort
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  • GeForce GT 650M has 50% more power consumption, than Quadro P500.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GT 650M and Quadro P500 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • GeForce GT 650M is used in Laptops, and Quadro P500 - in Mobile workstations.
  • GeForce GT 650M is build with Kepler architecture, and Quadro P500 - with Pascal.
  • GeForce GT 650M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Quadro P500 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro P500 is 3212 MHz higher, than GeForce GT 650M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 8−9
ultra / 1080p 1−2 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 18−20
medium / 1080p 5−6 10−11
The average gaming FPS of Quadro P500 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 66% more, than GeForce GT 650M.

Full Specs

  GeForce GT 650M Quadro P500
Architecture Kepler Pascal
Code name N13E-GE GP108
Type Laptop Mobile workstation
Release date 22 March 2012 14 November 2017
Pipelines 384 256
Core clock speed 1455 MHz
Boost Clock 900 MHz 1519 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million 1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 21.25
Floating-point performance 652.8 gflops 679.9 gflops
Memory bus width 128bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 - 4000 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 32.1 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 API 12.1
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.1.0.1
CUDA + 6.1
CUDA cores 384
Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
HDMI +
HDCP +
Maximum VGA resolution Up to 2048x1536
3D Blu-Ray +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 21 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized large
Optimus +
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