NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) vs NVIDIA Quadro 500M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) and NVIDIA Quadro 500M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)

NVIDIA Quadro 500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 84% higher core clock speed: 1290 MHz vs 700 MHz
5.2x more texture fill rate: 58.2 GTexel / s vs 11.2 GTexel / s
6.7x more pipelines: 640 vs 96
6.9x better floating-point performance: 1,862 gflops vs 268.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
3.9x more memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 1800 MHz
8.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5027 vs 571
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 457 vs 365
2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 17476 vs 8743

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 October 2016 vs 22 February 2011
Core clock speed	1290 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate	58.2 GTexel / s vs 11.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 96
Floating-point performance	1,862 gflops vs 268.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5027 vs 571
PassMark - G2D Mark	457 vs 365
Geekbench - OpenCL	17476 vs 8743

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 500M

2.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 75 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro 500M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5027

571

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

457

365

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

17476

8743

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)	NVIDIA Quadro 500M
PassMark - G3D Mark	5027	571
PassMark - G2D Mark	457	365
Geekbench - OpenCL	17476	8743
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	67.209
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	799.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	30.523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	223.683
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7043
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7043
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	122

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)	NVIDIA Quadro 500M
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Fermi
Code name	GP107	GF108
Launch date	25 October 2016	22 February 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$109
Place in performance rating	600	603
Price now	$124.99	$275.14
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	56.95	3.18
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1392 MHz
Core clock speed	1290 MHz	700 MHz
CUDA cores	640
Floating-point performance	1,862 gflops	268.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C
Pipelines	640	96
Texture fill rate	58.2 GTexel / s	11.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	3,300 million	585 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, DP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI	No outputs
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Height	4.38" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	5.7" (14.5 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None
Width	2-slot
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GameStream
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
VR Ready