AMD Radeon E8950 vs NVIDIA Quadro K5200

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8950 and NVIDIA Quadro K5200 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: 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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).

AMD Radeon E8950

NVIDIA Quadro K5200

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8950

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 10% higher core clock speed: 735 MHz vs 667 MHz
Around 30% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 771 MHz
Around 15% better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 3,553 gflops
Around 58% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 66.837 vs 47.147
Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1369.722 vs 1278.433
Around 66% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.633 vs 3.996
Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 65.836 vs 50.08
2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 326.391 vs 115.307

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 September 2015 vs 22 July 2014
Core clock speed	735 MHz vs 667 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz vs 771 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops vs 3,553 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	66.837 vs 47.147
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1369.722 vs 1278.433
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.633 vs 3.996
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.836 vs 50.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	326.391 vs 115.307

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K5200

Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 148.0 GTexel / s vs 128.0 GTexel / s
Around 13% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 2048

Texture fill rate	148.0 GTexel / s vs 128.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 2048
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 6000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8950
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro K5200

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

66.837

47.147

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1369.722

1278.433

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

6.633

3.996

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

65.836

50.08

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

326.391

115.307

Name	AMD Radeon E8950	NVIDIA Quadro K5200
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	66.837	47.147
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1369.722	1278.433
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.633	3.996
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.836	50.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	326.391	115.307
PassMark - G3D Mark		6030
PassMark - G2D Mark		531
Geekbench - OpenCL		18323
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		5946
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		5946
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3353

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon E8950	NVIDIA Quadro K5200
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Kepler
Code name	Amethyst	GK110B
Launch date	29 September 2015	22 July 2014
Place in performance rating	732	534
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,699.74
Price now		$523.66
Value for money (0-100)		14.51
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	771 MHz
Core clock speed	735 MHz	667 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops	3,553 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	2304
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s	148.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	7,080 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB / s	192.3 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	6008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5