Quadro P5200 Max Q vs Radeon R9 280X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro P5200 Max Q and Radeon R9 280X, 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 P5200 Max Q stacks up against Radeon R9 280X, check out specs charts below.
Quadro P5200 Max Q

Main Specs

  Quadro P5200 Max Q Radeon R9 280X
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 250 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, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 280X has 150% more power consumption, than Quadro P5200 Max Q.
  • Quadro P5200 Max Q is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon R9 280X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro P5200 Max Q has 13 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 280X.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro P5200 Max Q is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon R9 280X - with GCN.
  • Quadro P5200 Max Q is manufactured by 16 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 280X - by 28 nm process technology.

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 280X.

Full Specs

  Quadro P5200 Max Q Radeon R9 280X
Architecture Pascal GCN
Code name GP104 Thaiti XTL
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 21 February 2018 8 October 2013
Pipelines 2560 2048
Core clock speed 1316 MHz
Boost Clock 1569 MHz 1000 MHz
Transistor count 7,200 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 251.0 128.0
Floating-point performance 4,096 gflops
Length 275 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 7216 MHz
Memory bandwidth 230.9 GB/s 288 GB/s
Shared memory -
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
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.5 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 494 Mh/s
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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