AMD Radeon Pro 580X vs NVIDIA Quadro M5000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 580X 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 580X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 28% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 861 MHz
  • Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1038 MHz
  • 1300.2x more texture fill rate: 172.8 GTexel/s vs 132.9 GTexel / s
  • Around 13% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 2048
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 21% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35602 vs 29514
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3360 vs 3324
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3360 vs 3324
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 698 vs 659
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 March 2019 vs 29 June 2015
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 861 MHz
Boost clock speed 1200 MHz vs 1038 MHz
Texture fill rate 172.8 GTexel/s vs 132.9 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2304 vs 2048
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 35602 vs 29514
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 vs 3324
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 vs 3324
PassMark - G2D Mark 698 vs 659

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M5000

  • 3.9x more memory clock speed: 6612 MHz vs 1695 MHz (6780 MHz effective)
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3677 vs 3643
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3677 vs 3643
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9369 vs 7540
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 6612 MHz vs 1695 MHz (6780 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3677 vs 3643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3677 vs 3643
PassMark - G3D Mark 9369 vs 7540

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 580X
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro M5000

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
35602
29514
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3643
3677
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3643
3677
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3324
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3324
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
698
659
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
7540
9369
Name AMD Radeon Pro 580X NVIDIA Quadro M5000
Geekbench - OpenCL 35602 29514
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3643 3677
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3643 3677
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 3324
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 3324
PassMark - G2D Mark 698 659
PassMark - G3D Mark 7540 9369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 99.169
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1183.119
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 7.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 53.364
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 498.551
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12524
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12524

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro 580X NVIDIA Quadro M5000

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Maxwell 2.0
Code name Polaris 20 GM204
Launch date 18 March 2019 29 June 2015
Place in performance rating 353 351
Type Laptop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $2,856.99
Price now $1,498
Value for money (0-100) 7.47

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1200 MHz 1038 MHz
Compute units 36
Core clock speed 1100 MHz 861 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 345.6 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 5.530 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 5.530 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2304 2048
Pixel fill rate 38.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 172.8 GTexel/s 132.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 5700 million 5,200 million
Floating-point performance 4,252 gflops

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 PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm
SLI options 1
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin
Width 2" (5.1 cm)

API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.3 5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 217.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1695 MHz (6780 MHz effective) 6612 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 256 Bit

Technologies

Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
3D Vision Pro
ECC (Error Correcting Code)
High-Performance Video I/O6
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management