Quadro K500M

Key Metrics

Launch Date
2012-06-01
CUDA Cores
192
Memory
1 GB DDR3
Memory Bandwidth
12.8 GB/s
TDP/TBP
35 W
Interface
MXM-A (3.0)
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Why It Mattered

Quadro K500M matters as a mobile Quadro implementation from the Kepler generation around 2012. 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 mobile-series comparisonOfficial NVIDIA comparison explicitly listing each selected Kepler mobile GPU's memory capacity, memory type, memory interface, and graphics-subsystem powerOpen 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