Quadro P500 vs Radeon E8860

In this comparison between Quadro P500 and Radeon E8860 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 E8860 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 E8860
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 37 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 3x mini-DisplayPort 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon E8860 has 23% more power consumption, than Quadro P500.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro P500 and Radeon E8860 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Quadro P500 is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon E8860 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro P500 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon E8860 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro P500 is 880 MHz higher, than Radeon E8860.
  • Quadro P500 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon E8860 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro P500 is 512 MHz higher, than Radeon E8860.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 7−8
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 E8860 have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  Quadro P500 Radeon E8860
Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP108 Venus
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 14 November 2017 25 January 2014
Pipelines 256 640
Core clock speed 1455 MHz 575 MHz
Boost Clock 1519 MHz 625 MHz
Transistor count 1,800 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 21.25 25.00
Floating-point performance 679.9 gflops 800.0 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 32.1 GB/s 72 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12.1 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.0.1 1.2.131
CUDA 6.1
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 48 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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