NVIDIA Quadro M500M videocard review

Quadro M500M videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 27 April 2016. The videocard is designed for mobile workstation-computers and based on Maxwell microarchitecture codenamed GM108.

Core clock speed - 1029 MHz. Boost clock speed - 1124 MHz. Texture fill rate - 17.98 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 384. Floating-point performance - 863.2 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Power consumption (TDP) - 30 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 64 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1800 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 14.4 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38733

1174

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1306

188

Geekbench
OpenCL

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

352097

5935

GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

34770 Frames

2174 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

34770.000 Fps

2174.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823 Frames

1729 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823.000 Fps

1729.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

3122 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

3122.000 Fps

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	1174
PassMark - G2D Mark	188
Geekbench - OpenCL	5935
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen	2174 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen	2174.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	1729 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	1729.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3122 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3122.000 Fps

Games performance

1. Overwatch (2016)
2. Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016)
3. Rainbow Six Siege (2015)
4. Star Wars Battlefront (2015)
5. The Witcher 3 (2015)
6. Dirt Rally (2015)

7. Thief (2014)
8. Total War: Rome II (2013)
9. Metro: Last Light (2013)
10. BioShock Infinite (2013)
11. StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm (2013)
12. Tomb Raider (2013)

Overwatch (2016)

Low, 1280x720	49.10
Medium, 1366x768	28.30
High, 1920x1080	22.20

Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016)

Low, 1024x768	30.30
Medium, 1366x768	18.60
High, 1920x1080	10.40

Rainbow Six Siege (2015)

Low, 1024x768	56.15
Medium, 1366x768	35.30
High, 1920x1080	19.70
Ultra, 1920x1080	12.50

Star Wars Battlefront (2015)

Low, 1024x768	56.50
Medium, 1366x768	33.30
High, 1920x1080	15.20
Ultra, 1920x1080	13.00

The Witcher 3 (2015)

Low, 1024x768	29.75
Medium, 1366x768	18.40
High, 1920x1080	10.05

Dirt Rally (2015)

Low, 1024x768	82.60
Medium, 1366x768	32.80
High, 1920x1080	19.50
Ultra, 1920x1080	12.70

Thief (2014)

Low, 1024x768	34.35
Medium, 1366x768	23.15
High, 1366x768	18.85
Ultra, 1920x1080	9.40

Total War: Rome II (2013)

Low, 1024x768	62.60
Medium, 1366x768	48.10
High, 1366x768	42.30
Ultra, 1920x1080	10.50

Metro: Last Light (2013)

Low, 1024x768	48.90
Medium, 1366x768	38.30
High, 1366x768	22.90
Ultra, 1920x1080	11.60

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Low, 1280x720	89.90
Medium, 1366x768	50.20
High, 1366x768	40.50
Ultra, 1920x1080	13.80

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm (2013)

Low, 1024x768	217.50
Medium, 1366x768	93.60
High, 1366x768	48.70
Ultra, 1920x1080	24.20

Tomb Raider (2013)

Low, 1024x768	137.80
Medium, 1366x768	62.70
High, 1366x768	34.40
Ultra, 1920x1080	17.30

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell
Code name	GM108
Launch date	27 April 2016
Place in performance rating	1073
Type	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12
OpenGL	4.5
Shader Model	5.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
nView Display Management
Optimus