Quadro P400 vs Radeon R9 M485X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro P400 and Radeon R9 M485X, 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 P400 stacks up against Radeon R9 M485X, check out specs charts below.

Radeon R9 M485X is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R9 M485X 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 Radeon R9 M485X here:

Main Specs

  Quadro P400 Radeon R9 M485X
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 250 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB MB
Display Connectors 3x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Radeon R9 M485X has 733% more power consumption, than Quadro P400.
  • Quadro P400 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon R9 M485X uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • Radeon R9 M485X has 6 GB more memory, than Quadro P400.
  • Quadro P400 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R9 M485X - in Laptops.
  • Quadro P400 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon R9 M485X - with GCN 3.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro P400 is 505 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M485X.
  • Quadro P400 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M485X - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon R9 M485X is 992 MHz higher, than Quadro P400.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 7−8 24−27
ultra / 1080p 4−5 14−16
QHD / 1440p 0−1 10−11
4K / 2160p 6−7
low / 720p 18−20 45−50
medium / 1080p 9−10 30−35
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M485X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 200% more, than Quadro P400.

Full Specs

  Quadro P400 Radeon R9 M485X
Architecture Pascal GCN 3
Code name GP107 Amethyst
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 7 February 2017 14 May 2016
Pipelines 256 2048
Core clock speed 1228 MHz 723 MHz
Boost Clock 1252 MHz
Transistor count 3,300 million 5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 20.03 92.54
Floating-point performance 679.9 gflops 2,961 gflops
Length 145 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4008 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 32.06 GB/s 160.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 6.4 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
CUDA 6.1
Laptop size large
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