NVIDIA Quadro K5000 vs ATI FirePro V8800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K5000 and ATI FirePro V8800 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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.

NVIDIA Quadro K5000

ATI FirePro V8800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K5000

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 37% higher texture fill rate: 90.37 GTexel / s vs 66.0 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 70% lower typical power consumption: 122 Watt vs 208 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 4600 MHz
Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3998 vs 2281
Around 71% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 31.318 vs 18.27
8.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.062 vs 0.357
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3680 vs 3575
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3680 vs 3575

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 August 2012 vs 7 April 2010
Texture fill rate	90.37 GTexel / s vs 66.0 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	122 Watt vs 208 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 4600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3998 vs 2281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	31.318 vs 18.27
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.062 vs 0.357
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3680 vs 3575
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3680 vs 3575

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V8800

Around 17% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 706 MHz
Around 4% higher pipelines: 1600 vs 1536
Around 22% better floating-point performance: 2,640.0 gflops vs 2,169 gflops
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 445 vs 433
3.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 36751 vs 11459
Around 73% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1180.667 vs 681.141
Around 50% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 49.357 vs 32.922
3.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 228.843 vs 67.311

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 706 MHz
Pipelines	1600 vs 1536
Floating-point performance	2,640.0 gflops vs 2,169 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	445 vs 433
Geekbench - OpenCL	36751 vs 11459
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1180.667 vs 681.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	49.357 vs 32.922
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	228.843 vs 67.311
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3352
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3352

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K5000
GPU 2: ATI FirePro V8800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3998

2281

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

433

445

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

11459

36751

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

31.318

18.27

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

681.141

1180.667

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3.062

0.357

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

32.922

49.357

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

67.311

228.843

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3680

3575

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3352

3356

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3680

3575

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3352

3356

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K5000	ATI FirePro V8800
PassMark - G3D Mark	3998	2281
PassMark - G2D Mark	433	445
Geekbench - OpenCL	11459	36751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	31.318	18.27
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	681.141	1180.667
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.062	0.357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	32.922	49.357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	67.311	228.843
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6288
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3680	3575
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6288
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3680	3575
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1351

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K5000	ATI FirePro V8800
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale 2
Code name	GK104	Cypress
Launch date	17 August 2012	7 April 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,499	$1,499
Place in performance rating	708	711
Price now	$1,950
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	2.47
Technical info
Core clock speed	706 MHz	825 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,169 gflops	2,640.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1536	1600
Texture fill rate	90.37 GTexel / s	66.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	122 Watt	208 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	2,154 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	4x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	172.8 GB / s	147.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz	4600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5