Quadro K500M vs ATI Mobility FireGL V5700

Place in the ranking	1298	1039
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	2.45
Architecture	TeraScale (2005−2013)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	M86	GK107
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	7 January 2008 (16 years ago)	1 June 2012 (12 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 cores	120	192
Core clock speed	600 MHz	850 MHz
Number of transistors	378 million	1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	4.800	13.60
Floating-point processing power	0.144 TFLOPS	0.3264 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	8
TMUs	8	16

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 size	medium sized	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)

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 type	GDDR3	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB/s	12.8 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 Connectors

No outputs

Supported technologies

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

Optimus

API compatibility

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

DirectX	10.1 (10_1)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.1	5.1
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	+
CUDA	-	+

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

2−3

−50%

3−4
+50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Hitman 3	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −75%	14−16 +75%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −100%	8−9 +100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −17.9%	30−35 +17.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Hitman 3	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −75%	14−16 +75%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −100%	8−9 +100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −22.2%	10−12 +22.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −17.9%	30−35 +17.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Hitman 3	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −75%	14−16 +75%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −100%	8−9 +100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −22.2%	10−12 +22.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −17.9%	30−35 +17.9%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	1−2
Hitman 3	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−100%

4−5
+100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	1−2

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−50%

3−4
+50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

+0%

2−3

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Quadro K500M is 100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Quadro K500M is ahead in 28 tests (62%)
there's a draw in 17 tests (38%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.33	1.25
Recency	7 January 2008	1 June 2012
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	28 nm

Quadro K500M has a 278.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Quadro K500M is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility FireGL V5700 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.