Quadro P500 vs Radeon R9 M375X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro P500 and Radeon R9 M375X, 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 M375X, 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 P500 Radeon R9 M375X
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 M375X has 2 GB more memory, than Quadro P500.
  • Quadro P500 is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon R9 M375X - in Desktops.
  • Quadro P500 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon R9 M375X - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro P500 is 530 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M375X.
  • Quadro P500 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M375X - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro P500 is 3887 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M375X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 9−10
ultra / 1080p 5−6 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 18−20 21−24
medium / 1080p 10−11 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M375X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 20% more, than Quadro P500.

Full Specs

  Quadro P500 Radeon R9 M375X
Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP108 Tropo
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 14 November 2017 5 May 2015
Pipelines 256 640
Core clock speed 1455 MHz 925 MHz
Boost Clock 1519 MHz 1015 MHz
Transistor count 1,800 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 21.25 40.60
Floating-point performance 679.9 gflops 1,299 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 10
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