Quadro K4000M vs Quadro P500

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro K4000M 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 Quadro K4000M stacks up against Quadro P500, check out specs charts below.

Quadro K4000M and Quadro P500 are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Quadro K4000M 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 Quadro K4000M or Quadro P500 here:

Main Specs

  Quadro K4000M Quadro P500
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 30 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 3x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Quadro K4000M has 233% more power consumption, than Quadro P500.
  • Quadro K4000M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Quadro P500 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro K4000M has 2 GB more memory, than Quadro P500.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • Quadro K4000M is build with Kepler architecture, and Quadro P500 - with Pascal.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro P500 is 855 MHz higher, than Quadro K4000M.
  • Quadro K4000M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Quadro P500 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro P500 is 2212 MHz higher, than Quadro K4000M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−11 8−9
ultra / 1080p 6−7 5−6
QHD / 1440p 1−2 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 18−20
medium / 1080p 12−14 10−11
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K4000M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 30% more, than Quadro P500.

Full Specs

  Quadro K4000M Quadro P500
Architecture Kepler Pascal
Code name N14E-Q3 GP108
Type Mobile workstation Mobile workstation
Release date 1 June 2012 14 November 2017
Pipelines 960 256
Core clock speed 600 MHz 1455 MHz
Boost Clock 1519 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million 1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 48.08 21.25
Floating-point performance 1,154 gflops 679.9 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 2800 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 32.1 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12.1
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.1.0.1
CUDA + 6.1
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 37 Mh/s
Laptop size large large
Optimus +
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