Quadro T500 Mobile vs Quadro P400

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro P400 with Quadro T500 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

Quadro P400
2017
2 GB GDDR5, 30 Watt
4.00

T500 Mobile outperforms P400 by a whopping 110% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking686490
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.36no data
Power efficiency9.8334.50
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGP107TU117
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date7 February 2017 (7 years ago)2 December 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$119.99 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores256896
Core clock speed1228 MHz1365 MHz
Boost clock speed1252 MHz1695 MHz
Number of transistors3,300 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt18 Watt
Texture fill rate20.0394.92
Floating-point processing power0.641 TFLOPS3.037 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs1656

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length145 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1002 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth32.06 GB/s80 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors3x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA6.17.5

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD16−18
−125%
36
+125%
1440p7−8
−114%
15
+114%
4K8−9
−113%
17
+113%

Cost per frame, $

1080p7.50no data
1440p17.14no data
4K15.00no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 8
+0%
8
+0%
Far Cry 5 30
+0%
30
+0%
Fortnite 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Valorant 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 6
+0%
6
+0%
Dota 2 90
+0%
90
+0%
Far Cry 5 28
+0%
28
+0%
Fortnite 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 31
+0%
31
+0%
Metro Exodus 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 28
+0%
28
+0%
Valorant 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
World of Tanks 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 5
+0%
5
+0%
Dota 2 75
+0%
75
+0%
Far Cry 5 27
+0%
27
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 19
+0%
19
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 13
+0%
13
+0%
Metro Exodus 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Valorant 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 14
+0%
14
+0%
Metro Exodus 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Valorant 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Dota 2 28
+0%
28
+0%
Far Cry 5 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%

This is how Quadro P400 and T500 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • T500 Mobile is 125% faster in 1080p
  • T500 Mobile is 114% faster in 1440p
  • T500 Mobile is 113% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 54 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.00 8.41
Recency 7 February 2017 2 December 2020
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 18 Watt

T500 Mobile has a 110.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

The Quadro T500 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro P400 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro P400 is a workstation card while Quadro T500 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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