Quadro K500M vs ATI Mobility FireGL V5700

Place in the ranking	1300	1040
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	2.46
Architecture	TeraScale (2005−2013)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	M86	GK107
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	7 January 2008 (17 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

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −66.7%	10−11 +66.7%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 −100%	14−16 +100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
World of Tanks	12−14 −108%	27−30 +108%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −66.7%	10−11 +66.7%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 −100%	14−16 +100%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS

2−3

−250%

7−8
+250%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Valorant	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	1−2
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Dota 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Valorant	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

Full HD
Low Preset

Elden Ring

0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5

1−2

+0%

1−2

+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Dota 2	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Elden Ring	0−1	0−1
Fortnite	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Dota 2	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
World of Tanks	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%

4K
High Preset

Elden Ring	0−1	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Far Cry 5

0−1

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

in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the Quadro K500M is 250% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Quadro K500M is ahead in 23 tests (58%)
there's a draw in 17 tests (43%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.34	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 267.6% 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.