Quadro M500M vs Quadro P600

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro M500M and Quadro P600, 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 M500M stacks up against Quadro P600, check out specs charts below.

Quadro M500M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro M500M is only used in laptop graphics. It has 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 M500M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro M500M Quadro P600
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 40 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Quadro P600 has 33% more power consumption, than Quadro M500M.
  • Quadro M500M is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Quadro P600 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro M500M and Quadro P600 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Quadro M500M is used in Mobile workstations, and Quadro P600 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro M500M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Quadro P600 - with Pascal.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro P600 is 401 MHz higher, than Quadro M500M.
  • Quadro M500M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Quadro P600 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro P600 is 1008 MHz higher, than Quadro M500M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 16−18
ultra / 1080p 10−11
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
low / 720p 12−14 35−40
medium / 1080p 3−4 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Quadro P600 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 275% more, than Quadro M500M.

Full Specs

  Quadro M500M Quadro P600
Architecture Maxwell Pascal
Code name GM108 GP107
Type Mobile workstation Workstation
Release date 15 December 2015 14 November 2017
Pipelines 384 384
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 1430 MHz
Boost Clock 1124 MHz 1620 MHz
Transistor count 3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 17.98 37.37
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops 1,117 gflops
Length 145 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 4004 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 64.13 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 5.0 6.4
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA 5.0 6.1
Laptop size large
Optimus +
nView Display Management +
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