Quadro P3200 vs Radeon R9 280X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro P3200 and Radeon R9 280X, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Quadro P3200 stacks up against Radeon R9 280X, check out specs charts below.

Quadro P3200 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro P3200 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 P3200 here:

Main Specs

  Quadro P3200 Radeon R9 280X
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 6084 MB 3 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Quadro P3200 has 6081 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 280X.
  • Quadro P3200 is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon R9 280X - in Desktops.
  • Quadro P3200 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon R9 280X - with GCN.
  • Quadro P3200 is manufactured by 16 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 280X - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 40−45 35−40
ultra / 1080p 24−27 21−24
QHD / 1440p 20−22 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−12 10−11
low / 720p 65−70 60−65
medium / 1080p 45−50 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Quadro P3200 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 9% more, than Radeon R9 280X.

Full Specs

  Quadro P3200 Radeon R9 280X
Architecture Pascal GCN
Code name N18E-Q1 Thaiti XTL
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 27 February 2017 8 October 2013
Pipelines 1792 2048
Core clock speed 708 - 1202 MHz
Boost Clock 1228 MHz 1000 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 128.0
Floating-point performance 4,096 gflops
Length 275 mm
Memory bus width 192 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz
Memory bandwidth 288 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX DirectX 12_1, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.5 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 494 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Optimus +
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
TrueAudio +
Design reference
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 1.07 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 14.42 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 285 Sol/s
AppAcceleration +
LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
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