GeForce 820A vs Quadro P500

In this comparison between GeForce 820A and Quadro P500 you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people GeForce 820A will be the best choice, for others Quadro P500 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

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 820A Quadro P500
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 30 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 3x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Quadro P500 has 100% more power consumption, than GeForce 820A.
  • GeForce 820A is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Quadro P500 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro P500 has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce 820A.
  • GeForce 820A is used in Desktops, and Quadro P500 - in Mobile workstations.
  • GeForce 820A is build with Fermi 2.0 architecture, and Quadro P500 - with Pascal.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro P500 is 680 MHz higher, than GeForce 820A.
  • GeForce 820A is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Quadro P500 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro P500 is 3212 MHz higher, than GeForce 820A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 8−9
ultra / 1080p 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 18−20
medium / 1080p 0−1 10−11
The average gaming FPS of Quadro P500 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1800% more, than GeForce 820A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 820A Quadro P500
Architecture Fermi 2.0 Pascal
Code name GF117 GP108
Type Desktop Mobile workstation
Release date 17 March 2014 14 November 2017
Pipelines 96 256
Core clock speed 775 MHz 1455 MHz
Boost Clock 1519 MHz
Transistor count 585 million 1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 12.40 21.25
Floating-point performance 297.6 gflops 679.9 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 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 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.1.0.1
CUDA 2.1 6.1
Laptop size large
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