NVIDIA Quadro K5200 vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K5200 and ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K5200

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 11% higher core clock speed: 667 MHz vs 600 MHz
  • 15.4x more texture fill rate: 148.0 GTexel / s vs 9.6 GTexel / s
  • 7.2x more pipelines: 2304 vs 320
  • 9.3x better floating-point performance: 3,553 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
  • Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 200 Watt
  • 16x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 512 MB
  • 3.8x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • 9.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6015 vs 628
  • Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 526 vs 397
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 22 July 2014 vs 12 December 2007
Core clock speed 667 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate 148.0 GTexel / s vs 9.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2304 vs 320
Floating-point performance 3,553 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 200 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 6015 vs 628
PassMark - G2D Mark 526 vs 397

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K5200
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6015
628
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
526
397
Name NVIDIA Quadro K5200 ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark 6015 628
PassMark - G2D Mark 526 397
Geekbench - OpenCL 18300
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 47.147
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1278.433
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.996
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 50.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 115.307
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5946
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5946
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro K5200 ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO

Essentials

Architecture Kepler TeraScale
Code name GK110B R600
Launch date 22 July 2014 12 December 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $1,699.74
Place in performance rating 534 376
Price now $523.66
Type Workstation Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 14.51

Technical info

Boost clock speed 771 MHz
Core clock speed 667 MHz 600 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,553 gflops 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 2304 320
Texture fill rate 148.0 GTexel / s 9.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 200 Watt
Transistor count 7,080 million 720 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 267 mm 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 3.3
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 192.3 GB / s 118.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR4