GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile vs FirePro D500

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro D500 with GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile, including specs and performance data.

FirePro D500
2014
3 GB GDDR5, 274 Watt
10.29

RTX 3070 Ti Mobile outperforms D500 by a whopping 331% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking43272
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.7127.79
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTahitiGA104
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date18 January 2014 (11 years ago)4 January 2022 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores15365632
Core clock speed725 MHz915 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1410 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)274 Watt115 Watt
Texture fill rate69.60248.2
Floating-point processing power2.227 TFLOPS15.88 TFLOPS
ROPs3280
TMUs96176
Tensor Coresno data176
Ray Tracing Coresno data44

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount3 GB8 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1270 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth243.8 GB/s448.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA-8.6

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD27−30
−333%
117
+333%
1440p16−18
−363%
74
+363%
4K10−12
−390%
49
+390%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 111
+0%
111
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 129
+0%
129
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 99
+0%
99
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 97
+0%
97
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 254
+0%
254
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 133
+0%
133
+0%
Metro Exodus 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Valorant 231
+0%
231
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 91
+0%
91
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 78
+0%
78
+0%
Dota 2 142
+0%
142
+0%
Far Cry 5 100
+0%
100
+0%
Fortnite 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 202
+0%
202
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 141
+0%
141
+0%
Metro Exodus 37
+0%
37
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 210−220
+0%
210−220
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Valorant 121
+0%
121
+0%
World of Tanks 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 82
+0%
82
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 69
+0%
69
+0%
Dota 2 138
+0%
138
+0%
Far Cry 5 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 178
+0%
178
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 101
+0%
101
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 210−220
+0%
210−220
+0%
Valorant 193
+0%
193
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 94
+0%
94
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 94
+0%
94
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
World of Tanks 290−300
+0%
290−300
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 43
+0%
43
+0%
Far Cry 5 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 137
+0%
137
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Metro Exodus 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Valorant 145
+0%
145
+0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Dota 2 95
+0%
95
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 95
+0%
95
+0%
Metro Exodus 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 95
+0%
95
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 13
+0%
13
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 22
+0%
22
+0%
Dota 2 128
+0%
128
+0%
Far Cry 5 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Fortnite 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 81
+0%
81
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Valorant 78
+0%
78
+0%

This is how FirePro D500 and RTX 3070 Ti Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3070 Ti Mobile is 333% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3070 Ti Mobile is 363% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3070 Ti Mobile is 390% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 63 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.29 44.31
Recency 18 January 2014 4 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 274 Watt 115 Watt

RTX 3070 Ti Mobile has a 330.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 138.3% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro D500 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro D500 is a workstation card while GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile is a notebook one.


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