Quadro P500 vs Radeon R7 360

In this comparison between Quadro P500 and Radeon R7 360 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 Quadro P500 will be the best choice, for others Radeon R7 360 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

  Quadro P500 Radeon R7 360
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 3x mini-DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R7 360 has 233% more power consumption, than Quadro P500.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro P500 and Radeon R7 360 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Quadro P500 is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon R7 360 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro P500 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon R7 360 - with GCN 2.0.
  • Quadro P500 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 360 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon R7 360 is 988 MHz higher, than Quadro P500.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 16−18
ultra / 1080p 5−6 9−10
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 18−20 30−35
medium / 1080p 10−11 20−22
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 360 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Quadro P500.

Full Specs

  Quadro P500 Radeon R7 360
Architecture Pascal GCN 2.0
Code name GP108 Tobago
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 14 November 2017 18 June 2015
Pipelines 256 768
Core clock speed 1455 MHz
Boost Clock 1519 MHz 1000 MHz
Transistor count 1,800 million 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 21.25 50.40
Floating-point performance 679.9 gflops 1,613 gflops
Length 165 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 32.1 GB/s 112 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12.1
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.0.1 +
CUDA 6.1
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.2 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 225 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Eyefinity +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
Mantle +
Design reference
Bridgeless CrossFire +
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.29 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 10 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 102 Sol/s
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