Quadro P500 vs Radeon HD 4890

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro P500 and Radeon HD 4890, 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 HD 4890, 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 HD 4890
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 190 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 3x mini-DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • Radeon HD 4890 has 533% more power consumption, than Quadro P500.
  • Quadro P500 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 4890 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro P500 has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 4890.
  • Quadro P500 is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 4890 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro P500 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon HD 4890 - with TeraScale.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro P500 is 605 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4890.
  • Quadro P500 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 4890 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro P500 is 1112 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4890.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 7−8
ultra / 1080p 5−6 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 18−20 16−18
medium / 1080p 10−11 8−9
The average gaming FPS of Quadro P500 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 11% more, than Radeon HD 4890.

Full Specs

  Quadro P500 Radeon HD 4890
Architecture Pascal TeraScale
Code name GP108 RV790
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 14 November 2017 2 April 2009
Pipelines 256 800
Core clock speed 1455 MHz 850 MHz
Boost Clock 1519 MHz
Transistor count 1,800 million 959 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 21.25 34.00
Floating-point performance 679.9 gflops 1,360.0 gflops
Length 241 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 3900 MHz
Memory bandwidth 32.1 GB/s 124.8 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12.1 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 5.1 4.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.3
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan 1.1.0.1 N/A
CUDA 6.1
Laptop size large
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