Quadro 7000 vs Quadro P500

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro 7000 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 Quadro 7000 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

  Quadro 7000 Quadro P500
Power consumption (TDP) 204 Watt 30 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video 3x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Quadro 7000 has 580% more power consumption, than Quadro P500.
  • Quadro 7000 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Quadro P500 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro 7000 has 4 GB more memory, than Quadro P500.
  • Quadro 7000 is used in Desktops, and Quadro P500 - in Mobile workstations.
  • Quadro 7000 is build with Fermi 2.0 architecture, and Quadro P500 - with Pascal.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro P500 is 804 MHz higher, than Quadro 7000.
  • Quadro 7000 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Quadro P500 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro P500 is 1608 MHz higher, than Quadro 7000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 18−20 8−9
ultra / 1080p 10−11 5−6
QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 35−40 18−20
medium / 1080p 21−24 10−11
The average gaming FPS of Quadro 7000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 120% more, than Quadro P500.

Full Specs

  Quadro 7000 Quadro P500
Architecture Fermi 2.0 Pascal
Code name GF110 GP108
Type Workstation Mobile workstation
Release date 2 May 2012 14 November 2017
Pipelines 512 256
Core clock speed 651 MHz 1455 MHz
Boost Clock 1519 MHz
Transistor count 3,000 million 1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 41.66 21.25
Floating-point performance 1,332 gflops 679.9 gflops
Length 248 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 3404 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 163.4 GB/s 32.1 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12.1
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.1.0.1
CUDA 2.0 6.1
Laptop size large
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