NVIDIA Quadro P500 vs AMD Radeon HD 6770

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Combined performance score

HD 6770
3.22

Quadro P500 outperforms Radeon HD 6770 by 31% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking704639
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.232.61
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameJuniperGP108
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Designreferenceno data
Release date21 January 2011 (13 years old)14 November 2017 (6 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$129 no data
Current price$150 (1.2x MSRP)$300
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro P500 has 1035% better value for money than HD 6770.

Technical specs

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 cores800256
Core clock speedno data1455 MHz
Boost clock speed900 MHz1519 MHz
Number of transistors1,040 million1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)108 Watt18 Watt
Texture fill rate34.0021.25
Floating-point performance1,360.0 gflops679.9 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 6770 and Quadro P500 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.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
Bus supportPCIe 2.0 x16no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length198 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1050 MHz5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth76.8 GB/s32.1 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort3x mini-DisplayPort
Eyefinity1no data
HDMI+no data
DisplayPort support-no data

Technologies

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

AppAcceleration-no data
CrossFire1no data
Enduro-no data
HD3D-no data
PowerTune-no data
TrueAudio-no data
ZeroCore-no data

API support

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

DirectXDirectX® 1112.1
Shader Model5.05.1
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkanno data1.1.0.1
Mantle-no data
CUDAno data6.1

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.

HD 6770 3.22
Quadro P500 4.22
+31.1%

Quadro P500 outperforms Radeon HD 6770 by 31% in our combined 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%

HD 6770 1247
Quadro P500 1636
+31.2%

Quadro P500 outperforms Radeon HD 6770 by 31% in Passmark.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

HD 6770 1520
Quadro P500 2255
+48.3%

Quadro P500 outperforms Radeon HD 6770 by 48% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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 HD14−16
−42.9%
20
+42.9%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 3.22 4.22
Recency 21 January 2011 14 November 2017
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 108 Watt 18 Watt

The Quadro P500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6770 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6770 is a desktop card while Quadro P500 is a mobile workstation one.


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

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