Quadro 500M

Key Metrics

Launch Date
2011-02-22
CUDA Cores
96
Memory
1 GB DDR3
Memory Bandwidth
25.6 GB/s
TDP/TBP
35 W
Interface
MXM-A (3.0)
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Why It Mattered

Quadro 500M matters as a mobile Quadro implementation from the Fermi generation around 2011. Laptop GPU names often hide large differences in power limits, cooling, memory, and OEM firmware, so tracking the exact variant explains why similarly named systems can perform differently.

Sources

Primary / manufacturer sources

  1. NVIDIA Quadro GPUs for the HP Z1 specificationsOfficial NVIDIA and HP collaboration material explicitly listing Quadro 500M with 1 GB DDR3 and 35 W maximum power consumptionOpen source

Independent reference sources

  1. TechPowerUp GPU SpecsModel-level specification reference for this GPU entryOpen source

Reference databases

  1. RightNow GPU DatabaseOpen GPU database used to cross-check specifications A reference database: good for cross-checking specifications, but not proof of the original release details on its own.Open source