AMD FirePro D500 vs NVIDIA Quadro K5000

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro D500 and NVIDIA Quadro K5000 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD FirePro D500

NVIDIA Quadro K5000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro D500

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 3% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 706 MHz
Around 3% better floating-point performance: 2,227 gflops vs 2,169 gflops
Around 56% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 17885 vs 11444
Around 59% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 49.776 vs 31.318
Around 56% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1063.081 vs 681.141
Around 49% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.568 vs 3.062
2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 65.789 vs 32.922

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 January 2014 vs 17 August 2012
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 706 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,227 gflops vs 2,169 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	17885 vs 11444
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	49.776 vs 31.318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1063.081 vs 681.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.568 vs 3.062
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.789 vs 32.922
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3685 vs 3680
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3685 vs 3680

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K5000

Around 30% higher texture fill rate: 90.37 GTexel / s vs 69.6 GTexel / s
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 122 Watt vs 274 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
Around 6% higher memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 5080 MHz
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6288 vs 6020
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6288 vs 6020

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	90.37 GTexel / s vs 69.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	122 Watt vs 274 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 3 GB
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 5080 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6288 vs 6020
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352 vs 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6288 vs 6020
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352 vs 3349

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro D500
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro K5000

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

17885

11444

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

49.776

31.318

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1063.081

681.141

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4.568

3.062

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

65.789

32.922

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6020

6288

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3685

3680

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3349

3352

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6020

6288

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3685

3680

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3349

3352

Name	AMD FirePro D500	NVIDIA Quadro K5000
Geekbench - OpenCL	17885	11444
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	49.776	31.318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1063.081	681.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.568	3.062
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.789	32.922
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6020	6288
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3685	3680
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349	3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6020	6288
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3685	3680
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349	3352
PassMark - G3D Mark		3987
PassMark - G2D Mark		440
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		67.311
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1351

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro D500	NVIDIA Quadro K5000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Kepler
Code name	Tahiti	GK104
Launch date	18 January 2014	17 August 2012
Place in performance rating	668	669
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,499
Price now		$1,950
Value for money (0-100)		2.47
Technical info
Core clock speed	725 MHz	706 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,227 gflops	2,169 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1536	1536
Texture fill rate	69.6 GTexel / s	90.37 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	274 Watt	122 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	3,540 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI	2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	279 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	243.8 GB / s	172.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5080 MHz	5400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5