Quadro M500M vs Tesla M10

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro M500M and Tesla M10, 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 Tesla M10, 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 Tesla M10
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 225 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Tesla M10 has 650% more power consumption, than Quadro M500M.
  • Quadro M500M is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Tesla M10 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Tesla M10 has 6 GB more memory, than Quadro M500M.
  • Quadro M500M is used in Mobile workstations, and Tesla M10 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro M500M and Tesla M10 are build with Maxwell architecture.
  • Core clock speed of Tesla M10 is 4 MHz higher, than Quadro M500M.
  • Quadro M500M and Tesla M10 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Tesla M10 is 1196 MHz higher, than Quadro M500M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 18−20
ultra / 1080p 10−11
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 12−14 35−40
medium / 1080p 3−4 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M10 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 275% more, than Quadro M500M.

Full Specs

  Quadro M500M Tesla M10
Architecture Maxwell Maxwell
Code name GM108 GM107
Type Mobile workstation Workstation
Release date 15 December 2015 18 May 2016
Pipelines 384 640
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 1033 MHz
Boost Clock 1124 MHz 1306 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 17.98 52.24
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops 4x 1,672 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4004 MHz 5200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 83.2 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.1.126
CUDA 5.0 5.0
Laptop size large
Optimus +
nView Display Management +
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