Quadro 500M vs Radeon HD 6740G2

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro 500M and Radeon HD 6740G2. 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 Quadro 500M and Radeon HD 6740G2. 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.

Radeon HD 6740G2 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 6740G2 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon HD 6740G2 here:

Main Specs

  Quadro 500M Radeon HD 6740G2
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0)
Memory type DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Quadro 500M is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 6740G2 - in Laptops.
  • Quadro 500M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 6740G2 - with Terascale 2.
  • Quadro 500M and Radeon HD 6740G2 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 0−1
ultra / 1080p 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 10−12
medium / 1080p 0−1 2−3
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6740G2 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1000% more, than Quadro 500M.

Full Specs

  Quadro 500M Radeon HD 6740G2
Architecture Fermi Terascale 2
Code name GF108
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 22 February 2011 14 June 2011
Pipelines 96 880
Core clock speed 700 MHz
Transistor count 585 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 11.20
Floating-point performance 268.8 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.1
Laptop size medium sized
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