Quadro P500 vs Radeon R7 250

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro P500 and Radeon R7 250, 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 R7 250, 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 R7 250
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None N/A
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 3x mini-DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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  • Radeon R7 250 has 150% more power consumption, than Quadro P500.
  • Quadro P500 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon R7 250 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Quadro P500 and Radeon R7 250 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Quadro P500 is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon R7 250 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro P500 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon R7 250 - with GCN.
  • Quadro P500 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 250 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro P500 is 3862 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 250.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 3−4
ultra / 1080p 5−6 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 18−20 14−16
medium / 1080p 10−11 5−6
The average gaming FPS of Quadro P500 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 66% more, than Radeon R7 250.

Full Specs

  Quadro P500 Radeon R7 250
Architecture Pascal GCN
Code name GP108 Oland XT
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 14 November 2017 1 October 2013
Pipelines 256 384
Core clock speed 1455 MHz
Boost Clock 1519 MHz 1050 MHz
Transistor count 1,800 million 950 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 21.25 25.20
Floating-point performance 679.9 gflops 716.8 gflops
Length 168 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 1150 MHz
Memory bandwidth 32.1 GB/s 72 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12.1
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.0.1
CUDA 6.1
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 117 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Design reference
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 3 Mh/s
AppAcceleration +
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