GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER vs Quadro 500M

Place in performance ranking	939	8
Place by popularity	not in top-100	37
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.06	33.15
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Ada Lovelace
GPU code name	GF108	AD104
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Release date	22 February 2011 (13 years ago)	17 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$699
Current price	$58	$719 (1x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 4070 SUPER has 55150% better value for money than Quadro 500M.

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 cores	96	7168
Core clock speed	700 MHz	1980 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2475 MHz
Number of transistors	585 million	35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	220 Watt
Texture fill rate	11.20	584.6
Floating-point performance	268.8 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro 500M and GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 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.

Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	285 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 16-pin

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	DDR3	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	12 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	21000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	504.2 GB/s
Shared memory	no 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 Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	2.1	8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Quadro 500M 1.48

RTX 4070 SUPER 77.64
+5146%

GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER outperforms Quadro 500M by 5146% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Quadro 500M 570

RTX 4070 SUPER 29984
+5160%

GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER outperforms Quadro 500M by 5160% in Passmark.

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 HD	3−4 −6833%	208 +6833%
1440p	2−3 −6700%	136 +6700%
4K	1−2 −8200%	83 +8200%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	120−130 −5144%	6450−6500 +5144%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	130−140 −5116%	7250−7300 +5116%
Battlefield 5	240−250 −5146%	12800−12850 +5146%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	120−130 −5108%	6250−6300 +5108%
Far Cry 5	110−120 −5112%	6150−6200 +5112%
Far Cry New Dawn	190−200 −5132%	10150−10200 +5132%
Forza Horizon 4	230−240 −5131%	12450−12500 +5131%
Hitman 3	120−130 −5144%	6450−6500 +5144%
Horizon Zero Dawn	300−350 −5144%	17200−17250 +5144%
Metro Exodus	140−150 −5138%	7700−7750 +5138%
Red Dead Redemption 2	120−130 −5142%	6500−6550 +5142%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	434 −5142%	22750−22800 +5142%
Watch Dogs: Legion	169 −5137%	8850−8900 +5137%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	120−130 −5144%	6450−6500 +5144%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	130−140 −5116%	7250−7300 +5116%
Battlefield 5	240−250 −5146%	12800−12850 +5146%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	120−130 −5108%	6250−6300 +5108%
Far Cry 5	110−120 −5112%	6150−6200 +5112%
Far Cry New Dawn	190−200 −5132%	10150−10200 +5132%
Forza Horizon 4	230−240 −5131%	12450−12500 +5131%
Hitman 3	120−130 −5144%	6450−6500 +5144%
Horizon Zero Dawn	300−350 −5144%	17200−17250 +5144%
Metro Exodus	140−150 −5138%	7700−7750 +5138%
Red Dead Redemption 2	120−130 −5142%	6500−6550 +5142%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	428 −5145%	22450−22500 +5145%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	412 −5143%	21600−21650 +5143%
Watch Dogs: Legion	140−150 −5111%	7400−7450 +5111%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	120−130 −5144%	6450−6500 +5144%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	130−140 −5116%	7250−7300 +5116%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	120−130 −5108%	6250−6300 +5108%
Far Cry 5	110−120 −5112%	6150−6200 +5112%
Forza Horizon 4	230−240 −5131%	12450−12500 +5131%
Horizon Zero Dawn	300−350 −5144%	17200−17250 +5144%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	381 −5136%	19950−20000 +5136%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	201 −5124%	10500−10550 +5124%
Watch Dogs: Legion	139 −5116%	7250−7300 +5116%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

120−130

−5142%

6500−6550
+5142%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	160−170 −5141%	8700−8750 +5141%
Far Cry New Dawn	140−150 −5143%	7550−7600 +5143%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	90−95 −5117%	4800−4850 +5117%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	100−105 −5100%	5200−5250 +5100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120 −5125%	5800−5850 +5125%
Far Cry 5	183 −5146%	9600−9650 +5146%
Forza Horizon 4	190−200 −5130%	10250−10300 +5130%
Hitman 3	110−120 −5119%	5950−6000 +5119%
Horizon Zero Dawn	200−210 −5143%	10800−10850 +5143%
Metro Exodus	120−130 −5142%	6500−6550 +5142%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	265 −5145%	13900−13950 +5145%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	154 −5127%	8050−8100 +5127%
Watch Dogs: Legion	108 −5131%	5650−5700 +5131%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

120−130

−5146%

6400−6450
+5146%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	85−90 −5127%	4600−4650 +5127%
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70 −5117%	3600−3650 +5117%
Hitman 3	70−75 −5114%	3650−3700 +5114%
Horizon Zero Dawn	120−130 −5140%	6550−6600 +5140%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	94 −5113%	4900−4950 +5113%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	133 −5126%	6950−7000 +5126%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	65−70 −5124%	3500−3550 +5124%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	60−65 −5134%	3350−3400 +5134%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 −5092%	2700−2750 +5092%
Far Cry 5	50−55 −5100%	2600−2650 +5100%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 −5136%	7750−7800 +5136%
Horizon Zero Dawn	120−130 −5140%	6550−6600 +5140%
Metro Exodus	95−100 −5111%	4950−5000 +5111%
Watch Dogs: Legion	62 −5142%	3250−3300 +5142%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

90−95
−5122%

4700−4750

+5122%

This is how Quadro 500M and RTX 4070 SUPER compete in popular games:

RTX 4070 SUPER is 6833% faster in 1080p
RTX 4070 SUPER is 6700% faster in 1440p
RTX 4070 SUPER is 8200% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.48	77.64
Recency	22 February 2011	17 January 2024
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	12 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	220 Watt