NVIDIA Quadro K5200 vs AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K5200 and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K5200

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 58% higher texture fill rate: 148.0 GTexel / s vs 93.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 1536
  • Around 19% better floating-point performance: 3,553 gflops vs 2,995 gflops
  • Around 23% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 185 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6030 vs 4470
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1278.433 vs 1230.47
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5946 vs 2810
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3708 vs 3264
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5946 vs 2810
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3708 vs 3264
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 22 July 2014 vs 19 November 2012
Texture fill rate 148.0 GTexel / s vs 93.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2304 vs 1536
Floating-point performance 3,553 gflops vs 2,995 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 185 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz vs 6000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 6030 vs 4470
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1278.433 vs 1230.47
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5946 vs 2810
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708 vs 3264
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5946 vs 2810
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708 vs 3264

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

  • Around 39% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 667 MHz
  • Around 26% higher boost clock speed: 975 MHz vs 771 MHz
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 661 vs 531
  • Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 65.399 vs 47.147
  • Around 58% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.313 vs 3.996
  • Around 57% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 78.519 vs 50.08
  • 3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 345.793 vs 115.307
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 925 MHz vs 667 MHz
Boost clock speed 975 MHz vs 771 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 661 vs 531
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 65.399 vs 47.147
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 6.313 vs 3.996
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 78.519 vs 50.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 345.793 vs 115.307
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 vs 3353

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K5200
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6030
4470
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
531
661
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
47.147
65.399
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1278.433
1230.47
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.996
6.313
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
50.08
78.519
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
115.307
345.793
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5946
2810
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3708
3264
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5946
2810
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3708
3264
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3354
Name NVIDIA Quadro K5200 AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark 6030 4470
PassMark - G2D Mark 531 661
Geekbench - OpenCL 18340
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 47.147 65.399
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1278.433 1230.47
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.996 6.313
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 50.08 78.519
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 115.307 345.793
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5946 2810
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708 3264
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5946 2810
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708 3264
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1745

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro K5200 AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

Essentials

Architecture Kepler GCN 1.0
Code name GK110B Tahiti
Launch date 22 July 2014 19 November 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $1,699.74 $270
Place in performance rating 534 535
Price now $523.66
Type Workstation Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 14.51

Technical info

Boost clock speed 771 MHz 975 MHz
Core clock speed 667 MHz 925 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,553 gflops 2,995 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2304 1536
Texture fill rate 148.0 GTexel / s 93.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 185 Watt
Transistor count 7,080 million 4,313 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.3 GB / s 192.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5