PNY Quadro P400 2GB GDDR5 workstation
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 WINDFORCE 16GB GDDR7
What Buyers Say
PNY Quadro P400 2GB GDDR5 workstation
The PNY Nvidia Quadro P400 is highly praised for driving multiple monitors, professional CAD work, and media transcoding, with users noting low power consumption and silent operation. Some encountered initial setup issues like defective ports, HDMI color problems, or Linux driver complexities, but most resolved these with proper cables or BIOS adjustments. Verified reviews highlight its value for non-gaming tasks, though 2GB VRAM limits gaming to titles from 2017 or earlier.
Pros
- Excellent multi-monitor support
- Silent and low power consumption
- Professional color accuracy for CAD
- Reliable for Plex transcoding
- Small size fits any case
Cons
- Defective port on some units
- HDMI color and lag issues
- Initial driver setup can be tricky
- Limited to older games due to 2GB VRAM
- Amazon specs may be inaccurate
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 WINDFORCE 16GB GDDR7
The Gigabyte RTX 5080 WINDFORCE is widely praised for its excellent cooling, quiet operation, and strong 4K gaming performance. Many users highlight its compact size ideal for small form factor builds and the value at MSRP. A few note minor coil whine and some quality control concerns, but overall sentiment is very positive.
Pros
- Excellent cooling performance
- Quiet operation
- Strong 4K gaming performance
- Compact size for SFF builds
- Good value at MSRP
Cons
- Minor coil whine on some units
- Quality control issues reported
- High price above MSRP
- Modest generational performance uplift
- Large size for some cases
Scores
Specifications
| PNY Quadro P400 | Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 WINDFORCE | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | Quadro P400 | GeForce RTX 5080 |
| Brand | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Pascal | Blackwell |
| Class | workstation | consumer |
| Process | — | 5★ |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 2 GB | 16 GB★ |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR7★ |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | No data | |
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | ||
| Tensor Cores | No data | |
| RT Cores | — | 84★ |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | No data | |
| FP16 TFLOPS | — | 56.279998779296875★ |
| FP32 TFLOPS | — | 56.279998779296875★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 30★ | 360 |
| Recommended PSU | — | 850★ |
| Power Connectors | — | 1 x 16-Pin |
| Cooler | Single Fan | Triple Fan★ |
| Fans | 1 | 3★ |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 3.0 x16 | PCI Express 5.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 3 | 3 |
| HDMI | — | 1★ |
| Max Displays | 3 | 4★ |
| Max Resolution | 5120 x 2880 | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | — | 304★ |
| Slot Width | 1★ | 2.5 |
| Form Factor | Low Profile | ATX |
| Weight | 0.37 kg★ | 0.56 kg |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | — | ✓★ |
| Upscaling | — | DLSS 4 |
| AV1 Encode | — | ✓★ |
| VR Ready | — | ✓★ |
| DirectX | — | 12 |
| RGB | — | ✗ |
Pros & Cons
PNY Quadro P400 2GB GDDR5 workstation
- Strong affordability (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong social proof (89th percentile)89th %ile
- Below average compute (4th percentile)4th %ile
- Below average vram (7th percentile)7th %ile
- Below average ai (7th percentile)7th %ile
- Below average rt (11th percentile)11th %ile
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 WINDFORCE 16GB GDDR7
- Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Strong rt (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Strong raster (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong connectivity (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Below average affordability (12th percentile)12th %ile
Pricing
PNY Quadro P400 2GB GDDR5 workstation offers 4.7x better value for money
Verdict
Scores 97 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 23 of 38 specs.
