NVIDIA Quadro 5000M vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro 5000M and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro 5000M

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 5000M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
3.7x more texture fill rate: 16.2 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 320 vs 80
5.9x better floating-point performance: 518.4 gflops vs 88 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
3.5x more maximum memory size: 1792 MB vs 512 MB
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 2400 MHz vs 1600 MHz
11x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2060 vs 188
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 426 vs 382

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 July 2010 vs 5 May 2010
Texture fill rate	16.2 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 80
Floating-point performance	518.4 gflops vs 88 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	1792 MB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	2400 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2060 vs 188
PassMark - G2D Mark	426 vs 382

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v

Around 36% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 405 MHz
6.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 100 Watt

Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 405 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 100 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro 5000M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2060

188

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

426

382

Name	NVIDIA Quadro 5000M	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v
PassMark - G3D Mark	2060	188
PassMark - G2D Mark	426	382
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 Quadro 5000M	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	TeraScale
Code name	GF100	M92
Launch date	27 July 2010	5 May 2010
Place in performance rating	414	410
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	405 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	518.4 gflops	88 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	320	80
Texture fill rate	16.2 GTexel / s	4.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	242 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size	large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1792 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2400 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3, DDR3, DDR2
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
ECC (Error Correcting Code)