AMD Radeon HD 7990 vs NVIDIA Quadro 5000M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7990 and NVIDIA Quadro 5000M 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7990

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • 2.3x more core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 405 MHz
  • 131.4x more texture fill rate: 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 16.2 GTexel / s
  • 12.8x more pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 320
  • 15.8x better floating-point performance: 2x 4,096 gflops vs 518.4 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 3.4x more maximum memory size: 2x 3 GB vs 1792 MB
  • 2.5x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 2400 MHz
  • 2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5566 vs 2060
  • Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 766 vs 426
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 24 April 2013 vs 27 July 2010
Core clock speed 950 MHz vs 405 MHz
Texture fill rate 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 16.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2x 2048 vs 320
Floating-point performance 2x 4,096 gflops vs 518.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 2x 3 GB vs 1792 MB
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz vs 2400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 5566 vs 2060
PassMark - G2D Mark 766 vs 426

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 5000M

  • 3.8x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 375 Watt
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5249 vs 3712
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7205 vs 3356
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5249 vs 3712
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7205 vs 3356
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 375 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 5249 vs 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7205 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 5249 vs 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7205 vs 3356

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7990
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro 5000M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
5566
2060
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
766
426
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3712
5249
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
7205
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3712
5249
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
7205
Name AMD Radeon HD 7990 NVIDIA Quadro 5000M
PassMark - G3D Mark 5566 2060
PassMark - G2D Mark 766 426
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 88.665
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1753.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 8.437
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 88.328
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 434.598
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6689
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3712 5249
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 7205
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6689
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3712 5249
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 7205
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0
Geekbench - OpenCL 23008

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 7990 NVIDIA Quadro 5000M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Fermi
Code name Malta GF100
Design AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch date 24 April 2013 27 July 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $999
Place in performance rating 421 419
Price now $1,126.99
Type Desktop Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100) 7.87

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 950 MHz 405 MHz
Floating-point performance 2x 4,096 gflops 518.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 2x 2048 320
Texture fill rate 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec 16.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 375 Watt 100 Watt
Transistor count 4,313 million 3,100 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Length 307 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 11.2 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2x 3 GB 1792 MB
Memory bandwidth 2x 288.0 GB / s 76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 2x 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 2400 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
ECC (Error Correcting Code)