FirePro W7000 vs Quadro 500M

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W7000 and Quadro 500M. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between FirePro W7000 and Quadro 500M. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  FirePro W7000 Quadro 500M
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 35 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • FirePro W7000 has 900% more power consumption, than Quadro 500M.
  • FirePro W7000 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Quadro 500M uses MXM-A (3.0) interface.
  • FirePro W7000 has 3 GB more memory, than Quadro 500M.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W7000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Quadro 500M - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W7000 is 250 MHz higher, than Quadro 500M.
  • FirePro W7000 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Quadro 500M - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W7000 is 3000 MHz higher, than Quadro 500M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 21−24 0−1
ultra / 1080p 12−14
QHD / 1440p 6−7 0−1
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 40−45 1−2
medium / 1080p 24−27 0−1
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W7000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 4100% more, than Quadro 500M.

Full Specs

  FirePro W7000 Quadro 500M
Architecture GCN 1.0 Fermi
Code name Pitcairn GF108
Type Workstation Workstation
Release date 13 June 2012 22 February 2011
Pipelines 1280 96
Core clock speed 950 MHz 700 MHz
Transistor count 2,800 million 585 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 76.00 11.20
Floating-point performance 2,432 gflops 268.8 gflops
Length 242 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB/s 28.8 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
CUDA 2.1
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 285 Mh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 6 Mh/s
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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