NVIDIA P106-090 vs NVIDIA Quadro K500M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA P106-090 and NVIDIA Quadro K500M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s).

NVIDIA P106-090

NVIDIA Quadro K500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA P106-090

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 59% higher core clock speed: 1354 MHz vs 850 MHz
5.4x more texture fill rate: 73.49 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 768 vs 192
7.2x better floating-point performance: 2,352 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 1 GB
5x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1600 MHz
5.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2448 vs 480

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 July 2017 vs 1 June 2012
Core clock speed	1354 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate	73.49 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 192
Floating-point performance	2,352 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2448 vs 480

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K500M

2.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 184 vs 104

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	184 vs 104

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA P106-090
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro K500M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

104

184

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2448

480

Name	NVIDIA P106-090	NVIDIA Quadro K500M
Geekbench - OpenCL	19027
PassMark - G2D Mark	104	184
PassMark - G3D Mark	2448	480
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	86.225
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1309.517
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	183.725
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.178
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	58.651

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA P106-090	NVIDIA Quadro K500M
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Kepler
Code name	GP106	GK107
Launch date	31 July 2017	1 June 2012
Place in performance rating	888	891
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1531 MHz
Core clock speed	1354 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,352 gflops	326.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	768	192
Texture fill rate	73.49 GTexel / s	13.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	1,270 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	250 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3 / GDDR5
Shared memory		0