Quadro P500 vs Radeon R9 M360

In this comparison between Quadro P500 and Radeon R9 M360 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 R9 M360 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 R9 M360
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 3x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon R9 M360 has 2 GB more memory, than Quadro P500.
  • Quadro P500 is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon R9 M360 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro P500 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon R9 M360 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro P500 is 555 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M360.
  • Quadro P500 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M360 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro P500 is 3887 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M360.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 8−9
ultra / 1080p 5−6 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 18−20 18−20
medium / 1080p 10−11 9−10
Quadro P500 and Radeon R9 M360 have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  Quadro P500 Radeon R9 M360
Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP108 Tropo
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 14 November 2017 5 May 2015
Pipelines 256 512
Core clock speed 1455 MHz 900 MHz
Boost Clock 1519 MHz 925 MHz
Transistor count 1,800 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 21.25 29.60
Floating-point performance 679.9 gflops 947.2 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth 32.1 GB/s 72 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12.1
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 Not Listed
Vulkan 1.1.0.1
CUDA 6.1
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Laptop size large
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
Compute units 8
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