NVIDIA Quadro K5000 vs ATI Radeon X700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K5000 and ATI Radeon X700 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 Radeon X700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K5000

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 77% higher core clock speed: 706 MHz vs 400 MHz
28.2x more texture fill rate: 90.37 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
10.8x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 500 MHz
54.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3987 vs 73
Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 430 vs 248

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 August 2012 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	706 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	90.37 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3987 vs 73
PassMark - G2D Mark	430 vs 248

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X700

2.8x lower typical power consumption: 44 Watt vs 122 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	44 Watt vs 122 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K5000
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3987

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

430

248

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K5000	ATI Radeon X700
PassMark - G3D Mark	3987	73
PassMark - G2D Mark	430	248
Geekbench - OpenCL	11376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	31.318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	681.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.062
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	32.922
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	67.311
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6288
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3680
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6288
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3680
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1351

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K5000	ATI Radeon X700
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	R400
Code name	GK104	RV410
Launch date	17 August 2012	1 September 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,499
Place in performance rating	697	694
Price now	$1,950
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	2.47
Technical info
Core clock speed	706 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,169 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1536
Texture fill rate	90.37 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	122 Watt	44 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	120 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0b
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	172.8 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR