GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile vs FirePro D500
Aggregate performance score
We've compared FirePro D500 with GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile, including specs and performance data.
RTX 3060 Mobile outperforms D500 by a whopping 200% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 422 | 163 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 89 |
| Power efficiency | 2.74 | 28.23 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2011−2020) | Ampere (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | Tahiti | GA106 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 18 January 2014 (10 years ago) | 12 January 2021 (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 cores | 1536 | 3840 |
| Core clock speed | 725 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1425 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 4,313 million | 13,250 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 274 Watt | 80 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 69.60 | 171.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.227 TFLOPS | 10.94 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 |
| TMUs | 96 | 120 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 120 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 30 |
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 | no data | large |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 279 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no 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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1270 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 243.8 GB/s | 336.0 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 Connectors | 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2 |
| 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 HD | 30−35
−230%
| 99
+230%
|
| 1440p | 21−24
−224%
| 68
+224%
|
| 4K | 12−14
−242%
| 41
+242%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 103
+0%
|
103
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 70−75
+0%
|
70−75
+0%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 76
+0%
|
76
+0%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 100−110
+0%
|
100−110
+0%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 65−70
+0%
|
65−70
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 86
+0%
|
86
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 70−75
+0%
|
70−75
+0%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 80−85
+0%
|
80−85
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
| Hitman 3 | 106
+0%
|
106
+0%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 140−150
+0%
|
140−150
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 164
+0%
|
164
+0%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 80−85
+0%
|
80−85
+0%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 110−120
+0%
|
110−120
+0%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 110−120
+0%
|
110−120
+0%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 70−75
+0%
|
70−75
+0%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 64
+0%
|
64
+0%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 100−110
+0%
|
100−110
+0%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 65−70
+0%
|
65−70
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 69
+0%
|
69
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 70−75
+0%
|
70−75
+0%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 80−85
+0%
|
80−85
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
| Hitman 3 | 108
+0%
|
108
+0%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 189
+0%
|
189
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 129
+0%
|
129
+0%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 102
+0%
|
102
+0%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 158
+0%
|
158
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 65−70
+0%
|
65−70
+0%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 158
+0%
|
158
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 70−75
+0%
|
70−75
+0%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 56
+0%
|
56
+0%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 65−70
+0%
|
65−70
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 62
+0%
|
62
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 70−75
+0%
|
70−75
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
| Hitman 3 | 96
+0%
|
96
+0%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 120
+0%
|
120
+0%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 140
+0%
|
140
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 78
+0%
|
78
+0%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 46
+0%
|
46
+0%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 96
+0%
|
96
+0%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 60−65
+0%
|
60−65
+0%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 50−55
+0%
|
50−55
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 48
+0%
|
48
+0%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 39
+0%
|
39
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 180−190
+0%
|
180−190
+0%
|
| Hitman 3 | 64
+0%
|
64
+0%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 85
+0%
|
85
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 85
+0%
|
85
+0%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 101
+0%
|
101
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 116
+0%
|
116
+0%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 80
+0%
|
80
+0%
|
4K
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
| Hitman 3 | 41
+0%
|
41
+0%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 160−170
+0%
|
160−170
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 60
+0%
|
60
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 55
+0%
|
55
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 11
+0%
|
11
+0%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 20−22
+0%
|
20−22
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 15
+0%
|
15
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 18−20
+0%
|
18−20
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 45−50
+0%
|
45−50
+0%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 60
+0%
|
60
+0%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 19
+0%
|
19
+0%
|
4K
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 44
+0%
|
44
+0%
|
This is how FirePro D500 and RTX 3060 Mobile compete in popular games:
- RTX 3060 Mobile is 230% faster in 1080p
- RTX 3060 Mobile is 224% faster in 1440p
- RTX 3060 Mobile is 242% faster in 4K
All in all, in popular games:
- there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 10.83 | 32.52 |
| Recency | 18 January 2014 | 12 January 2021 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 6 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 274 Watt | 80 Watt |
RTX 3060 Mobile has a 200.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 242.5% lower power consumption.
The GeForce RTX 3060 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 3060 Mobile is a notebook 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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