NVIDIA Quadro K5000 vs AMD Radeon HD 6950

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K5000 and AMD Radeon HD 6950 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 NVIDIA Quadro K5000

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
• Around 28% higher texture fill rate: 90.37 GTexel / s vs 70.4 GTexel / s
• Around 9% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 1408
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
• 4.1x lower typical power consumption: 122 Watt vs 500 Watt
• 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
• 4.3x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 1250 MHz
• Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3998 vs 2603
• Around 88% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11459 vs 6105
• Around 84% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 31.318 vs 16.999
• Around 85% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.062 vs 1.659
• Around 72% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6288 vs 3652
• Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3680 vs 2523
• Around 72% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6288 vs 3652
• Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3680 vs 2523

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6950

• Around 4% better floating-point performance: 2,252.8 gflops vs 2,169 gflops
• Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 444 vs 433
• Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 899.056 vs 681.141
• Around 51% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 49.698 vs 32.922
• 3.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 251.203 vs 67.311
• 3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 11657 vs 3352
• 3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 11657 vs 3352

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K5000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6950

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	3998 2603
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	433 444
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	11459 6105
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	31.318 16.999
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	681.141 899.056
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3.062 1.659
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	32.922 49.698
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	67.311 251.203
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	6288 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3680 2523
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3352 11657
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	6288 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3680 2523
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3352 11657

Compare specifications (specs)