GeForce RTX 5070 vs FirePro D500

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RTX 5050 RTX 5060 RTX 5060 Ti RTX 5070 RTX 5070 Ti RTX 5080 RTX 5090 RTX 5090 D

Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro D500 with GeForce RTX 5070, including specs and performance data.

FirePro D500
2014
3 GB GDDR5, 274 Watt
10.71

RTX 5070 outperforms D500 by a whopping 646% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Contents

FirePro D500 FirePro D500
RTX 5070 RTX 5070

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking4399
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.6821.92
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameTahitiGB205
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date18 January 2014 (11 years ago)February 2025 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$549

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 cores15366144
Core clock speed725 MHz2165 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2510 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million31,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)274 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate69.60481.9
Floating-point processing power2.227 TFLOPS30.84 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs96192
Tensor Coresno data192
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Length279 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount3 GB12 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1270 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth243.8 GB/s672.0 GB/s

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 Connectors6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1a
HDMI-+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.4
CUDA-10.1
DLSS-+

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

Atomic Heart 220−230
+0%
220−230
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Counter-Strike 2 180−190
+0%
180−190
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Cyberpunk 2077 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Battlefield 5 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Far Cry 5 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Fortnite 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 290−300
+0%
290−300
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 400−450
+0%
400−450
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Battlefield 5 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Far Cry 5 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Fortnite 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 290−300
+0%
290−300
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Metro Exodus 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%
Valorant 400−450
+0%
400−450
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Far Cry 5 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 290−300
+0%
290−300
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%
Valorant 400−450
+0%
400−450
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 500−550
+0%
500−550
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Metro Exodus 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 450−500
+0%
450−500
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Far Cry 5 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 260−270
+0%
260−270
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Metro Exodus 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Far Cry 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 61 test (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 10.71 79.95
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 274 Watt 250 Watt

RTX 5070 has a 646.5% higher aggregate performance score, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 460% more advanced lithography process, and 9.6% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 5070 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro D500 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro D500 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 5070 is a desktop one.

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Community ratings

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