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    Quadro P500 vs Radeon R9 280X

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro P500 and Radeon R9 280X. 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 P500 and Radeon R9 280X. 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.
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    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:

    Quadro P500 Laptops

    Main Specs

      Quadro P500 Radeon R9 280X
    Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 250 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 3 GB
    Display Connectors 3x mini-DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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    • Radeon R9 280X has 733% more power consumption, than Quadro P500.
    • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
    • Radeon R9 280X has 1 GB more memory, than Quadro P500.
    • Quadro P500 is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon R9 280X - in Desktops.
    • Quadro P500 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon R9 280X - with GCN.
    • Quadro P500 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 280X - by 28 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 8−9 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 5−6 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 18−20 60−65
    medium / 1080p 10−11 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 280X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 310% more, than Quadro P500.

    Full Specs

      Quadro P500 Radeon R9 280X
    Architecture Pascal GCN
    Code name GP108 Thaiti XTL
    Type Mobile workstation Desktop
    Release date 14 November 2017 8 October 2013
    Pipelines 256 2048
    Core clock speed 1455 MHz
    Boost Clock 1519 MHz 1000 MHz
    Transistor count 1,800 million 4,313 million
    Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 21.25 128.0
    Floating-point performance 679.9 gflops 4,096 gflops
    Length 275 mm
    Memory bus width 64 Bit 384 Bit
    Memory clock speed 5012 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 32.1 GB/s 288 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
    Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.5 kh/s
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCIe 3.0
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 494 Mh/s
    Laptop size large
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    TrueAudio +
    Design reference
    DisplayPort support +
    CrossFire +
    DDMA audio +
    Decred / DCR (Decred) 1.07 Gh/s
    Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 14.42 Mh/s
    Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 285 Sol/s
    AppAcceleration +
    LiquidVR +
    TressFX +
    UVD +
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