HD Graphics 630 vs Quadro P500

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing HD Graphics 630 and Quadro P500. 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 HD Graphics 630 and Quadro P500. 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.

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

  HD Graphics 630 Quadro P500
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 30 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 64 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 3x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Quadro P500 has 100% more power consumption, than HD Graphics 630.
  • HD Graphics 630 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x1, and Quadro P500 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • HD Graphics 630 has 62 GB more memory, than Quadro P500.
  • HD Graphics 630 is used in Desktops, and Quadro P500 - in Mobile workstations.
  • HD Graphics 630 is build with Gen. 9.5 Kaby Lake architecture, and Quadro P500 - with Pascal.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro P500 is 1155 MHz higher, than HD Graphics 630.
  • HD Graphics 630 and Quadro P500 are manufactured by 14 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 8−9
ultra / 1080p 1−2 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 18−20
medium / 1080p 5−6 10−11
The average gaming FPS of Quadro P500 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 66% more, than HD Graphics 630.

Full Specs

  HD Graphics 630 Quadro P500
Architecture Gen. 9.5 Kaby Lake Pascal
Code name Kaby-Lake-H-GT2 GP108
Type Desktop Mobile workstation
Release date 1 January 2017 14 November 2017
Pipelines 24 256
Core clock speed 300 MHz 1455 MHz
Boost Clock 1150 MHz 1519 MHz
Transistor count 189 million 1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 26.40 21.25
Floating-point performance 441.6 gflops 679.9 gflops
Memory bus width 64/128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 32.1 GB/s
Shared memory + -
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12.1
Shader Model 6.4 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.1 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.103 1.1.0.1
CUDA 6.1
Laptop size large
Quick Sync +
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