AMD Radeon E8870 vs NVIDIA Quadro M5000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8870 and NVIDIA Quadro M5000 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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), 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), Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Radeon E8870

NVIDIA Quadro M5000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8870

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 861 MHz
2x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 708 vs 656
Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5030 vs 3677
5.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 18191 vs 3324
Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5030 vs 3677
5.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 18191 vs 3324

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 September 2015 vs 29 June 2015
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 861 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	708 vs 656
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5030 vs 3677
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	18191 vs 3324
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5030 vs 3677
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	18191 vs 3324

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M5000

2.8x more texture fill rate: 132.9 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 2048 vs 768
2.8x better floating-point performance: 4,252 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 6612 MHz vs 6000 MHz
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9381 vs 3368
2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 99.169 vs 36.948
Around 35% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1183.119 vs 874.689
7.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 7.899 vs 1.11
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12524 vs 4620
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12524 vs 4620

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	132.9 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 768
Floating-point performance	4,252 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	6612 MHz vs 6000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9381 vs 3368
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	99.169 vs 36.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1183.119 vs 874.689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.899 vs 1.11
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12524 vs 4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12524 vs 4620

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8870
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro M5000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3368

9381

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

708

656

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

36.948

99.169

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

874.689

1183.119

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.11

7.899

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4620

12524

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5030

3677

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

18191

3324

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4620

12524

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5030

3677

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

18191

3324

Name	AMD Radeon E8870	NVIDIA Quadro M5000
PassMark - G3D Mark	3368	9381
PassMark - G2D Mark	708	656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	36.948	99.169
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	874.689	1183.119
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.11	7.899
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4620	12524
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5030	3677
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	18191	3324
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4620	12524
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5030	3677
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	18191	3324
Geekbench - OpenCL		28251
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		53.364
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		498.551

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon E8870	NVIDIA Quadro M5000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Saturn	GM204
Launch date	29 September 2015	29 June 2015
Place in performance rating	341	342
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,856.99
Price now		$1,498
Value for money (0-100)		7.47
Technical info
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	861 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops	4,252 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	768	2048
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s	132.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	5,200 million
Boost clock speed		1038 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	DVI-I DP DP DP DP 3-pin Stereo, 1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort
Multi-display synchronization		Quadro Sync
Number of simultaneous displays		4
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1 x 6-pin
Length		267 mm
SLI options		1
Width		2" (5.1 cm)
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Shader Model		5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	6612 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256 Bit
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
ECC (Error Correcting Code)
High-Performance Video I/O6
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management