Quadro P500 vs Radeon HD 7730

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro P500 and Radeon HD 7730. 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 P500 and Radeon HD 7730. 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 P500 Radeon HD 7730
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 47 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 3x mini-DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7730 has 56% more power consumption, than Quadro P500.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro P500 has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7730.
  • Quadro P500 is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 7730 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro P500 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon HD 7730 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro P500 is 655 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7730.
  • Quadro P500 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7730 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro P500 is 512 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7730.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 3−4
ultra / 1080p 5−6 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 18−20 14−16
medium / 1080p 10−11 5−6
The average gaming FPS of Quadro P500 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 66% more, than Radeon HD 7730.

Full Specs

  Quadro P500 Radeon HD 7730
Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP108 Cape Verde
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 14 November 2017 1 May 2013
Pipelines 256 384
Core clock speed 1455 MHz 800 MHz
Boost Clock 1519 MHz
Transistor count 1,800 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 21.25 19.20
Floating-point performance 679.9 gflops 614.4 gflops
Length 168 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 32.1 GB/s 72 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12.1 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.0.1 1.2.131
CUDA 6.1
Laptop size large
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