NVIDIA Quadro K5000M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K5000M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 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.

NVIDIA Quadro K5000M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K5000M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 98% higher texture fill rate: 67.31 GTexel / s vs 34.0 billion / sec
3x more pipelines: 1344 vs 448
Around 48% better floating-point performance: 1,615 gflops vs 1,088.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 215 Watt
3.2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1280 MB
Around 79% higher memory clock speed: 3000 MHz vs 1674 MHz (3348 data rate)
Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4825 vs 3873
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3712 vs 3614
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 3317
Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4825 vs 3873
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3712 vs 3614
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 3317

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 August 2012 vs 26 March 2010
Texture fill rate	67.31 GTexel / s vs 34.0 billion / sec
Pipelines	1344 vs 448
Floating-point performance	1,615 gflops vs 1,088.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 215 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1280 MB
Memory clock speed	3000 MHz vs 1674 MHz (3348 data rate)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4825 vs 3873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3712 vs 3614
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353 vs 3317
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4825 vs 3873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3712 vs 3614
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353 vs 3317

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

2x more core clock speed: 1215 MHz vs 601 MHz
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3107 vs 2752
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 406 vs 350
2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11010 vs 5107
Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 27.93 vs 24.713
Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 980.005 vs 685.1
Around 49% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.268 vs 2.189
Around 64% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 47.309 vs 28.929
Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 97.852 vs 68.712

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1215 MHz vs 601 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3107 vs 2752
PassMark - G2D Mark	406 vs 350
Geekbench - OpenCL	11010 vs 5107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	27.93 vs 24.713
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	980.005 vs 685.1
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.268 vs 2.189
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	47.309 vs 28.929
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	97.852 vs 68.712

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K5000M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2752

3107

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

350

406

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5107

11010

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

24.713

27.93

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

685.1

980.005

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

2.189

3.268

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

28.929

47.309

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

68.712

97.852

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4825

3873

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3712

3614

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

3317

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4825

3873

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3712

3614

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

3317

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K5000M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
PassMark - G3D Mark	2752	3107
PassMark - G2D Mark	350	406
Geekbench - OpenCL	5107	11010
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	24.713	27.93
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	685.1	980.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.189	3.268
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	28.929	47.309
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	68.712	97.852
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4825	3873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3712	3614
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353	3317
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4825	3873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3712	3614
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353	3317
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K5000M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Fermi
Code name	GK104	GF100
Launch date	7 August 2012	26 March 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$329.99	$349
Place in performance rating	801	802
Price now	$391	$522.01
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	8.47	6.87
Technical info
Core clock speed	601 MHz	1215 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,615 gflops	1,088.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1344	448
Texture fill rate	67.31 GTexel / s	34.0 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	215 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	3,100 million
CUDA cores		448
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Two Dual Link DVIMini HDMI
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Bus support		16x PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		9.5" (241 mm) (24.1 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors		Two 6-pins
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.2
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1280 MB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	133.9 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	320 Bit
Memory clock speed	3000 MHz	1674 MHz (3348 data rate)
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround