Quadro P500 vs Radeon HD 4870 X2

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro P500 and Radeon HD 4870 X2. 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 Quadro P500 and Radeon HD 4870 X2. 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.
Radeon HD 4870 X2

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 P500 Radeon HD 4870 X2
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 286 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 3x mini-DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • Radeon HD 4870 X2 has 853% more power consumption, than Quadro P500.
  • Quadro P500 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 4870 X2 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro P500 has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 4870 X2.
  • Quadro P500 is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 4870 X2 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro P500 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon HD 4870 X2 - with TeraScale.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro P500 is 755 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4870 X2.
  • Quadro P500 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 4870 X2 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro P500 is 1412 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4870 X2.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 3−4
ultra / 1080p 5−6 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 18−20 14−16
medium / 1080p 10−11 6−7
The average gaming FPS of Quadro P500 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 66% more, than Radeon HD 4870 X2.

Full Specs

  Quadro P500 Radeon HD 4870 X2
Architecture Pascal TeraScale
Code name GP108 R700
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 14 November 2017 12 August 2008
Pipelines 256 800
Core clock speed 1455 MHz 700 MHz
Boost Clock 1519 MHz
Transistor count 1,800 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 21.25 28.00
Floating-point performance 679.9 gflops 2x 1,120.0 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 3600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 32.1 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12.1 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 5.1 4.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.3
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan 1.1.0.1 N/A
CUDA 6.1
Laptop size large
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