GeForce 840A vs Quadro P500

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 840A and Quadro P500. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce 840A and Quadro P500. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Quadro P500 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro P500 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Quadro P500 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 840A Quadro P500
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 30 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 3x mini-DisplayPort
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  • GeForce 840A has 10% more power consumption, than Quadro P500.
  • GeForce 840A is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Quadro P500 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce 840A and Quadro P500 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • GeForce 840A is used in Desktops, and Quadro P500 - in Mobile workstations.
  • GeForce 840A is build with Maxwell architecture, and Quadro P500 - with Pascal.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro P500 is 426 MHz higher, than GeForce 840A.
  • GeForce 840A is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Quadro P500 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro P500 is 3010 MHz higher, than GeForce 840A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 8−9
ultra / 1080p 2−3 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 18−20
medium / 1080p 5−6 10−11
The average gaming FPS of Quadro P500 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 66% more, than GeForce 840A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 840A Quadro P500
Architecture Maxwell Pascal
Code name GM108 GP108
Type Desktop Mobile workstation
Release date 17 March 2014 14 November 2017
Pipelines 384 256
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 1455 MHz
Boost Clock 1124 MHz 1519 MHz
Transistor count 1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 17.98 21.25
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops 679.9 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 2002 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 16.02 GB/s 32.1 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12.1
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.1.0.1
CUDA 5.0 6.1
Laptop size large
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