AMD Radeon RX 480 vs NVIDIA Quadro M5000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 480 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, 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), 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 480

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 30% higher core clock speed: 1120 MHz vs 861 MHz
  • Around 22% higher boost clock speed: 1266 MHz vs 1038 MHz
  • Around 37% higher texture fill rate: 182.3 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 6% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 6612 MHz
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 777 vs 660
  • Around 33% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 39226 vs 29518
  • Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 103.851 vs 99.169
  • Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 67.879 vs 53.364
  • Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 597.772 vs 498.551
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3719 vs 3677
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3361 vs 3324
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3719 vs 3677
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3361 vs 3324
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 June 2016 vs 29 June 2015
Core clock speed 1120 MHz vs 861 MHz
Boost clock speed 1266 MHz vs 1038 MHz
Texture fill rate 182.3 GTexel / s vs 132.9 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2304 vs 2048
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 6612 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 777 vs 660
Geekbench - OpenCL 39226 vs 29518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 103.851 vs 99.169
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 67.879 vs 53.364
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 597.772 vs 498.551
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719 vs 3677
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 vs 3324
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719 vs 3677
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 vs 3324

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M5000

  • 733.1x better floating-point performance: 4,252 gflops vs 5.8 TFLOPs
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9410 vs 8624
  • Around 54% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1183.119 vs 769.541
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 7.899 vs 7.593
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12524 vs 11172
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12524 vs 11172
Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance 4,252 gflops vs 5.8 TFLOPs
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 9410 vs 8624
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1183.119 vs 769.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 7.899 vs 7.593
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12524 vs 11172
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12524 vs 11172

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 480
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro M5000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
8624
9410
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
777
660
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
39226
29518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
103.851
99.169
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
769.541
1183.119
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7.593
7.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
67.879
53.364
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
597.772
498.551
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11172
12524
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
3677
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3361
3324
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11172
12524
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
3677
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3361
3324
Name AMD Radeon RX 480 NVIDIA Quadro M5000
PassMark - G3D Mark 8624 9410
PassMark - G2D Mark 777 660
Geekbench - OpenCL 39226 29518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 103.851 99.169
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 769.541 1183.119
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 7.593 7.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 67.879 53.364
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 597.772 498.551
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11172 12524
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719 3677
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 3324
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11172 12524
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719 3677
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 3324
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4165

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 480 NVIDIA Quadro M5000

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Maxwell 2.0
Code name Ellesmere GM204
Design Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 29 June 2016 29 June 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $229 $2,856.99
Place in performance rating 354 351
Price now $299.99 $1,498
Type Desktop Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 39.12 7.47

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1266 MHz 1038 MHz
Compute units 36
Core clock speed 1120 MHz 861 MHz
Floating-point performance 5.8 TFLOPs 4,252 gflops
GPU Power 110 Watt
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2304 2048
Stream Processors 2304
Texture fill rate 182.3 GTexel / s 132.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 5,700 million 5,200 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort DVI-I DP DP DP DP 3-pin Stereo, 1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Multi-display synchronization Quadro Sync
Number of simultaneous displays 4

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support n / a
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 241 mm 267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1 x 6-pin
SLI options 1
Width 2" (5.1 cm)

API support

DirectX 12 12
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan
Shader Model 5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 6612 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 256 Bit
Shared memory 0

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
Enduro
FreeSync
FRTC
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HD3D
HDMI 2.0b
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
ZeroCore
3D Vision Pro
ECC (Error Correcting Code)
High-Performance Video I/O6
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management