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    Quadro P500 vs Radeon R9 280

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro P500 and Radeon R9 280, 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 P500 stacks up against Radeon R9 280, check out specs charts below.
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    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:

    Quadro P500 Laptops

    Main Specs

      Quadro P500 Radeon R9 280
    Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 200 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 3 GB
    Display Connectors 3x mini-DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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    • Radeon R9 280 has 566% more power consumption, than Quadro P500.
    • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
    • Radeon R9 280 has 1 GB more memory, than Quadro P500.
    • Quadro P500 is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon R9 280 - in Desktops.
    • Quadro P500 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon R9 280 - with GCN 1.0.
    • Quadro P500 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 280 - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Quadro P500 is 3762 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 280.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 8−9 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 5−6 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 18−20 60−65
    medium / 1080p 10−11 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 280 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 310% more, than Quadro P500.

    Full Specs

      Quadro P500 Radeon R9 280
    Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
    Code name GP108 Tahiti
    Type Mobile workstation Desktop
    Release date 14 November 2017 4 March 2014
    Pipelines 256 1792
    Core clock speed 1455 MHz
    Boost Clock 1519 MHz 933 MHz
    Transistor count 1,800 million 4,313 million
    Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 21.25 104.5
    Floating-point performance 679.9 gflops 3,344 gflops
    Length 275 mm
    Memory bus width 64 Bit 384 Bit
    Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 1250 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 32.1 GB/s 240 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX 12.1
    Shader Model 5.1 5.1
    OpenGL 4.6 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2 1.2
    Vulkan 1.1.0.1 +
    CUDA 6.1
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCIe 3.0
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 408 Mh/s
    Laptop size large
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    TrueAudio +
    Design reference
    CrossFire +
    DDMA audio +
    Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 21.5 Mh/s
    LiquidVR +
    TressFX +
    UVD +
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