Quadro P600 vs Radeon R9 280

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro P600 and Radeon R9 280. 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 P600 and Radeon R9 280. 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.

Main Specs

  Quadro P600 Radeon R9 280
Power consumption (TDP) 40 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 4x mini-DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 280 has 400% more power consumption, than Quadro P600.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon R9 280 has 1 GB more memory, than Quadro P600.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro P600 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon R9 280 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Quadro P600 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 280 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon R9 280 is 130 mm longer, than Quadro P600.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro P600 is 3762 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 280.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 35−40
ultra / 1080p 10−11 21−24
QHD / 1440p 4−5 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 35−40 60−65
medium / 1080p 21−24 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 280 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Quadro P600.

Full Specs

  Quadro P600 Radeon R9 280
Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP107 Tahiti
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 14 November 2017 4 March 2014
Pipelines 384 1792
Core clock speed 1430 MHz
Boost Clock 1620 MHz 933 MHz
Transistor count 3,300 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 37.37 104.5
Floating-point performance 1,117 gflops 3,344 gflops
Length 145 mm 275 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64.13 GB/s 240 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.4 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 +
CUDA 6.1
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 408 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
TrueAudio +
Design reference
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 21.5 Mh/s
LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
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