NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition vs NVIDIA Quadro K5000 Mac Edition
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition and NVIDIA Quadro K5000 Mac Edition videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition
- Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
- Around 42% higher core clock speed: 1006 MHz vs 706 MHz
- Around 50% higher texture fill rate: 135.4 GTexel / s vs 90.37 GTexel / s
- Around 50% better floating-point performance: 3,250 gflops vs 2,169 gflops
- Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 5400 MHz
| Launch date | 3 April 2013 vs 7 August 2012 |
| Core clock speed | 1006 MHz vs 706 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 135.4 GTexel / s vs 90.37 GTexel / s |
| Floating-point performance | 3,250 gflops vs 2,169 gflops |
| Memory clock speed | 6008 MHz vs 5400 MHz |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K5000 Mac Edition
- Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 122 Watt vs 195 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 122 Watt vs 195 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 2 GB |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition | NVIDIA Quadro K5000 Mac Edition | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Kepler | Kepler |
| Code name | GK104 | GK104 |
| Launch date | 3 April 2013 | 7 August 2012 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $599 | $2,249 |
| Place in performance rating | not rated | not rated |
| Type | Desktop | Workstation |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1058 MHz | |
| Core clock speed | 1006 MHz | 706 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 3,250 gflops | 2,169 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 1536 | 1536 |
| Texture fill rate | 135.4 GTexel / s | 90.37 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 195 Watt | 122 Watt |
| Transistor count | 3,540 million | 3,540 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 254 mm | 267 mm |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 12.0 (11_0) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 192.3 GB / s | 172.8 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 6008 MHz | 5400 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
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