GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q vs Quadro P500

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q 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 GTX 1050 Max Q stacks up against Quadro P500, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q and Quadro P500 are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q 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 GTX 1050 Max Q or Quadro P500 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q Quadro P500
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 30 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 3x mini-DisplayPort
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  • GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q has 150% more power consumption, than Quadro P500.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q has 2 GB more memory, than Quadro P500.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q is used in Laptops, and Quadro P500 - in Mobile workstations.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q and Quadro P500 are build with Pascal architecture.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro P500 is 456 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q and Quadro P500 are manufactured by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q is 1988 MHz higher, than Quadro P500.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 20−22 8−9
ultra / 1080p 12−14 5−6
QHD / 1440p 6−7 0−1
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 40−45 18−20
medium / 1080p 24−27 10−11
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 150% more, than Quadro P500.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q Quadro P500
Architecture Pascal Pascal
Code name N17P-G0 Max-Q GP108
Type Laptop Mobile workstation
Release date 3 January 2018 14 November 2017
Pipelines 640 256
Core clock speed 999 - 1189 MHz 1455 MHz
Boost Clock 1139 - 1328 MHz 1519 MHz
Transistor count 3,300 million 1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 53.12 21.25
Floating-point performance 1,700 gflops 679.9 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 112.1 GB/s 32.1 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12.1
Shader Model 6.4 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.1.0.1
CUDA 6.1 6.1
Laptop size large large
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