Quadro P500 vs Radeon R9 270

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro P500 and Radeon R9 270, 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 270, 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 270
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 150 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 3x mini-DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 270 has 400% more power consumption, than Quadro P500.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro P500 and Radeon R9 270 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Quadro P500 is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon R9 270 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro P500 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon R9 270 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Quadro P500 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 270 - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 21−24
ultra / 1080p 5−6 12−14
QHD / 1440p 0−1 7−8
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 18−20 40−45
medium / 1080p 10−11 27−30
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 160% more, than Quadro P500.

Full Specs

  Quadro P500 Radeon R9 270
Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP108 Curacao
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 14 November 2017 13 November 2013
Pipelines 256 1280
Core clock speed 1455 MHz
Boost Clock 1519 MHz 925 MHz
Transistor count 1,800 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 21.25 74.00
Floating-point performance 679.9 gflops 2,368 gflops
Length 210 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 32.1 GB/s 179.2 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) 293 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
TrueAudio +
Design reference
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
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LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
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