Quadro 500M vs Radeon HD 8770M

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro 500M and Radeon HD 8770M. 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 8770M. 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 8770M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 8770M 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 8770M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro 500M Radeon HD 8770M
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x8
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Quadro 500M is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon HD 8770M uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon HD 8770M has 1 GB more memory, than Quadro 500M.
  • Quadro 500M is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 8770M - in Laptops.
  • Quadro 500M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 8770M - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 8770M is 75 MHz higher, than Quadro 500M.
  • Quadro 500M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 8770M - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 8770M is 2700 MHz higher, than Quadro 500M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 7−8
ultra / 1080p 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 16−18
medium / 1080p 0−1 8−9
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 8770M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1600% more, than Quadro 500M.

Full Specs

  Quadro 500M Radeon HD 8770M
Architecture Fermi GCN
Code name GF108 Mars
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 22 February 2011 16 November 2012
Pipelines 96 384
Core clock speed 700 MHz 775 MHz
Boost Clock 825 MHz
Transistor count 585 million 950 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 11.20 19.80
Floating-point performance 268.8 gflops 633.6 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB/s 72 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA 2.1
Laptop size medium sized
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