NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M SLI vs NVIDIA Quadro 5000M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M SLI and NVIDIA Quadro 5000M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M SLI

NVIDIA Quadro 5000M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M SLI

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 67% higher core clock speed: 675 MHz vs 405 MHz
Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
Around 71% higher maximum memory size: 2x1536 MB vs 1792 MB

Launch date	3 September 2010 vs 27 July 2010
Core clock speed	675 MHz vs 405 MHz
Pipelines	384 vs 320
Maximum memory size	2x1536 MB vs 1792 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 5000M

Around 92% higher memory clock speed: 2400 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Memory clock speed	2400 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M SLI
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro 5000M

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M SLI	NVIDIA Quadro 5000M
PassMark - G3D Mark		2060
PassMark - G2D Mark		426
Geekbench - OpenCL		23008
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		5249
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		5249
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		7205
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		7205

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M SLI	NVIDIA Quadro 5000M
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Fermi
Code name	N11E-GS	GF100
Launch date	3 September 2010	27 July 2010
Place in performance rating	not rated	429
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	675 MHz	405 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	320
Floating-point performance		518.4 gflops
Texture fill rate		16.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		100 Watt
Transistor count		3,100 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	large	large
Interface		MXM-B (3.0)
API support
DirectX	11	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL		4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x1536 MB	1792 MB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	2400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Memory bandwidth		76.8 GB / s
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11	DirectX 11	DirectX 11
Optimus
ECC (Error Correcting Code)
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs