GRID K240Q vs Quadro P500

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GRID K240Q 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 GRID K240Q 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

  GRID K240Q Quadro P500
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 30 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 3x mini-DisplayPort
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  • GRID K240Q has 650% more power consumption, than Quadro P500.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro P500 has 1 GB more memory, than GRID K240Q.
  • GRID K240Q is used in Desktops, and Quadro P500 - in Mobile workstations.
  • GRID K240Q is build with Kepler architecture, and Quadro P500 - with Pascal.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro P500 is 710 MHz higher, than GRID K240Q.
  • GRID K240Q is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Quadro P500 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro P500 is 12 MHz higher, than GRID K240Q.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−11 8−9
ultra / 1080p 6−7 5−6
QHD / 1440p 1−2 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 18−20
medium / 1080p 12−14 10−11
The average gaming FPS of GRID K240Q in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 30% more, than Quadro P500.

Full Specs

  GRID K240Q Quadro P500
Architecture Kepler Pascal
Code name GK104 GP108
Type Workstation Mobile workstation
Release date 28 June 2013 14 November 2017
Pipelines 1536 256
Core clock speed 745 MHz 1455 MHz
Boost Clock 1519 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million 1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 95.36 21.25
Floating-point performance 2,289 gflops 679.9 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.0 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 3.0 6.1
Laptop size large
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