Quadro 4000 vs Quadro P500

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro 4000 and Quadro P500, 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 4000 stacks up against Quadro P500, check out specs charts below.

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

  Quadro 4000 Quadro P500
Power consumption (TDP) 142 Watt 30 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 3x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Quadro 4000 has 373% more power consumption, than Quadro P500.
  • Quadro 4000 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Quadro P500 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro 4000 and Quadro P500 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Quadro 4000 is used in Desktops, and Quadro P500 - in Mobile workstations.
  • Quadro 4000 is build with Fermi architecture, and Quadro P500 - with Pascal.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro P500 is 980 MHz higher, than Quadro 4000.
  • Quadro 4000 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Quadro P500 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro P500 is 2204 MHz higher, than Quadro 4000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 6−7 8−9
ultra / 1080p 4−5 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 16−18 18−20
medium / 1080p 8−9 10−11
The average gaming FPS of Quadro P500 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 11% more, than Quadro 4000.

Full Specs

  Quadro 4000 Quadro P500
Architecture Fermi Pascal
Code name GF100 GP108
Type Workstation Mobile workstation
Release date 2 November 2010 14 November 2017
Pipelines 256 256
Core clock speed 475 MHz 1455 MHz
Boost Clock 1519 MHz
Transistor count 3,100 million 1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 15.20 21.25
Floating-point performance 486.4 gflops 679.9 gflops
Length 241 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 2808 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 89.86 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 2.0 6.1
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 44 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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