Quadro 500M vs Radeon R7 M270
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro 500M and Radeon R7 M270, 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 Quadro 500M stacks up against Radeon R7 M270, check out specs charts below.
Quadro 500M
Radeon R7 M270 is a Laptop Graphics Card
Note: Radeon R7 M270 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 R7 M270 here:
Main Specs
| Quadro 500M | Radeon R7 M270 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | |
| Interface | MXM-A (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Memory type | DDR3 | Not Listed |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | |
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
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- Quadro 500M is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon R7 M270 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
- Quadro 500M is used in Desktops, and Radeon R7 M270 - in Laptops.
- Quadro 500M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R7 M270 - with GCN.
- Core clock speed of Radeon R7 M270 is 125 MHz higher, than Quadro 500M.
- Quadro 500M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 M270 - by 28 nm process technology.
Game benchmarks
| high / 1080p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| QHD / 1440p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| low / 720p | 1−2 | 1−2 |
| medium / 1080p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Quadro 500M and Radeon R7 M270 have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey. | ||
| QHD / 1440p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| low / 720p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| low / 768p | 50−55 | 50−55 |
| high / 1080p | 45−50 | 45−50 |
| QHD / 1440p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Quadro 500M and Radeon R7 M270 have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone. | ||
| low / 768p | 60−65 | 60−65 |
| medium / 768p | 27−30 | 27−30 |
| ultra / 1080p | 7−8 | 7−8 |
| high / 768p | 16−18 | 16−18 |
| Quadro 500M and Radeon R7 M270 have the same average FPS in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. | ||
| low / 768p | 70−75 | 70−75 |
| ultra / 1080p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| medium / 1080p | 45−50 | 45−50 |
| Quadro 500M and Radeon R7 M270 have the same average FPS in Cyberpunk 2077. | ||
| low / 768p | 45−50 | 45−50 |
| medium / 768p | 10−11 | 10−11 |
| ultra / 1080p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Quadro 500M and Radeon R7 M270 have the same average FPS in Dota 2. | ||
| low / 720p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| low / 720p | 21−24 | 21−24 |
| medium / 1080p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Quadro 500M and Radeon R7 M270 have the same average FPS in Fortnite. | ||
| high / 1080p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| QHD / 1440p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| low / 720p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| medium / 1080p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| low / 768p | 18−20 | 18−20 |
| high / 1080p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| QHD / 1440p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| medium / 720p | 12−14 | 12−14 |
| Quadro 500M and Radeon R7 M270 have the same average FPS in Grand Theft Auto V. | ||
| low / 720p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| low / 768p | 75−80 | 75−80 |
| high / 1080p | 27−30 | 27−30 |
| Quadro 500M and Radeon R7 M270 have the same average FPS in Minecraft. | ||
| low / 720p | 8−9 | 8−9 |
| Quadro 500M and Radeon R7 M270 have the same average FPS in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS. | ||
| low / 720p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| low / 768p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| low / 768p | 45−50 | 45−50 |
| medium / 768p | 14−16 | 14−16 |
| ultra / 1080p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| high / 768p | 12−14 | 12−14 |
| Quadro 500M and Radeon R7 M270 have the same average FPS in World of Tanks. | ||
Full Specs
| Quadro 500M | Radeon R7 M270 | |
| Architecture | Fermi | GCN |
| Code name | GF108 | Opal XT / Mars |
| Type | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 22 February 2011 | 7 January 2014 |
| Pipelines | 96 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 700 MHz | 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 | |
| Memory clock speed | 1800 MHz | |
| Memory bandwidth | 28.8 GB/s | 28.8 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | |
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | Not Listed |
| Vulkan | N/A | |
| CUDA | 2.1 | |
| FreeSync | + | |
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | |
| Laptop size | medium sized | |
| HD3D | + | |
| PowerTune | + | |
| DualGraphics | + | |
| ZeroCore | + | |
| Switchable graphics | + | |
| Mantle | + | |
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