GeForce 610M vs FirePro D500

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro D500 with GeForce 610M, including specs and performance data.

FirePro D500
2014
3 GB GDDR5, 274 Watt
10.73
+1331%

FirePro D500 outperforms GeForce 610M by a whopping 1331% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking3951118
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.790.13
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameTahitiN13M-GE
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date18 January 2014 (10 years ago)6 December 2011 (12 years ago)
Current price$475 $55

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro D500 has 2046% better value for money than GeForce 610M.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores153648
CUDA coresno data48
Core clock speed725 MHz672 MHz
Boost clock speedno data900 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)274 Watt12 Watt
Texture fill rate69.60Up to 7.2 billion/sec
Floating-point performance2,227 gflops129.02 gflops
Video decodersno dataH.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p

Form factor & compatibility

Information on FirePro D500 and GeForce 610M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Bus supportno dataPCI Express 2.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length279 mmno data
Width2-slotno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount3 GB1 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit64bit
Memory clock speed5080 MHz1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth243.8 GB/sUp to 14.4 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDINo outputs
HDMIno data+
Maximum VGA resolutionno dataUp to 2048x1536

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimusno data+

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 API
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.5
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDAno data+

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2 0−1
Hitman 3 2−3 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−11 0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2 0−1
Hitman 3 2−3 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−11 0−1

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−11 0−1

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 0−1 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Hitman 3 7−8 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4 0−1

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 1−2 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 1−2 0−1
Metro Exodus 4−5 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3 0−1

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.73 0.75
Recency 18 January 2014 6 December 2011
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 274 Watt 12 Watt

The FirePro D500 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 610M in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro D500 is a workstation card while GeForce 610M is a notebook one.


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