Quadro P5200 Max Q vs Radeon R9 280

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro P5200 Max Q 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 P5200 Max Q 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.
Quadro P5200 Max Q

Main Specs

  Quadro P5200 Max Q Radeon R9 280
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 200 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 280 has 100% more power consumption, than Quadro P5200 Max Q.
  • Quadro P5200 Max Q is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon R9 280 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro P5200 Max Q has 13 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 280.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro P5200 Max Q is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon R9 280 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Quadro P5200 Max Q is manufactured by 16 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 280 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro P5200 Max Q is 5966 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 280.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 50−55 35−40
ultra / 1080p 30−35 21−24
QHD / 1440p 27−30 16−18
4K / 2160p 14−16 10−11
low / 720p 75−80 60−65
medium / 1080p 60−65 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Quadro P5200 Max Q in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 37% more, than Radeon R9 280.

Full Specs

  Quadro P5200 Max Q Radeon R9 280
Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP104 Tahiti
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 21 February 2018 4 March 2014
Pipelines 2560 1792
Core clock speed 1316 MHz
Boost Clock 1569 MHz 933 MHz
Transistor count 7,200 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 251.0 104.5
Floating-point performance 3,344 gflops
Length 275 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 7216 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 230.9 GB/s 240 GB/s
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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