FirePro S7000 vs Quadro P500

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro S7000 and Quadro P500, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro S7000 stacks up against Quadro P500, check out specs charts below.

Quadro P500 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro P500 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 Quadro P500 here:

Main Specs

  FirePro S7000 Quadro P500
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 30 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DisplayPort 3x mini-DisplayPort
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  • FirePro S7000 has 1066% more power consumption, than Quadro P500.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro S7000 has 2 GB more memory, than Quadro P500.
  • FirePro S7000 is used in Desktops, and Quadro P500 - in Mobile workstations.
  • FirePro S7000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Quadro P500 - with Pascal.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro P500 is 505 MHz higher, than FirePro S7000.
  • FirePro S7000 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Quadro P500 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro P500 is 212 MHz higher, than FirePro S7000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 21−24 8−9
ultra / 1080p 12−14 5−6
QHD / 1440p 7−8 0−1
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 40−45 18−20
medium / 1080p 27−30 10−11
The average gaming FPS of FirePro S7000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 160% more, than Quadro P500.

Full Specs

  FirePro S7000 Quadro P500
Architecture GCN 1.0 Pascal
Code name Pitcairn GP108
Type Workstation Mobile workstation
Release date 27 August 2012 14 November 2017
Pipelines 1280 256
Core clock speed 950 MHz 1455 MHz
Boost Clock 1519 MHz
Transistor count 2,800 million 1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 76.00 21.25
Floating-point performance 2,432 gflops 679.9 gflops
Length 292 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB/s 32.1 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12.1
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.1.0.1
CUDA 6.1
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 272 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Form factor full height / full length
DisplayPort count 1
Dual-link DVI support +
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