NVIDIA Quadro K5000M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K5000M and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M 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).

NVIDIA Quadro K5000M

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K5000M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
3.5x more texture fill rate: 67.31 GTexel / s vs 19 billion / sec
21x more pipelines: 1344 vs 64
8.4x better floating-point performance: 1,615 gflops vs 192 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
4.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2806 vs 679
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 361 vs 308
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 3221
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 3221

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 August 2012 vs 3 March 2009
Texture fill rate	67.31 GTexel / s vs 19 billion / sec
Pipelines	1344 vs 64
Floating-point performance	1,615 gflops vs 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2806 vs 679
PassMark - G2D Mark	361 vs 308
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353 vs 3221
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353 vs 3221

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

2.5x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 601 MHz
Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 100 Watt

Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 601 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 100 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K5000M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2806

679

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

361

308

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

3221

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

3221

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K5000M	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
PassMark - G3D Mark	2806	679
PassMark - G2D Mark	361	308
Geekbench - OpenCL	5107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	24.713
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	685.1
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.189
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	28.929
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	68.712
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4825
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353	3221
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4825
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353	3221

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K5000M	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Tesla
Code name	GK104	G94
Launch date	7 August 2012	3 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$329.99
Place in performance rating	788	791
Price now	$391
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	8.47
Technical info
Core clock speed	601 MHz	1500 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,615 gflops	192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	1344	64
Texture fill rate	67.31 GTexel / s	19 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Gigaflops		288
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	VGADisplayPortDual Link DVIHDMILVDSSingle Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large	large
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
MXM Type		MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	51 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0
PureVideo HD