GeForce GTX 960A vs Quadro P500

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 960A 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 GTX 960A 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.
GeForce GTX 960A

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 GTX 960A Quadro P500
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 30 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 3x mini-DisplayPort
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  • GeForce GTX 960A has 150% more power consumption, than Quadro P500.
  • GeForce GTX 960A is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Quadro P500 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 960A and Quadro P500 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • GeForce GTX 960A is used in Desktops, and Quadro P500 - in Mobile workstations.
  • GeForce GTX 960A is build with Maxwell architecture, and Quadro P500 - with Pascal.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro P500 is 426 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 960A.
  • GeForce GTX 960A is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Quadro P500 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 960A and Quadro P500 is 5012 MHz.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 12−14 8−9
ultra / 1080p 7−8 5−6
QHD / 1440p 2−3 0−1
low / 720p 24−27 18−20
medium / 1080p 14−16 10−11
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 960A in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 50% more, than Quadro P500.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 960A Quadro P500
Architecture Maxwell Pascal
Code name GM107 GP108
Type Desktop Mobile workstation
Release date 13 March 2015 14 November 2017
Pipelines 640 256
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 1455 MHz
Boost Clock 1085 MHz 1519 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 43.40 21.25
Floating-point performance 1,389 gflops 679.9 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 80.19 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
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 180 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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