NVIDIA Quadro K5200 vs ATI Radeon X850 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K5200 and ATI Radeon X850 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).

NVIDIA Quadro K5200

ATI Radeon X850 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K5200

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 28% higher core clock speed: 667 MHz vs 520 MHz
17.8x more texture fill rate: 148.0 GTexel / s vs 8.32 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 256 MB
5.6x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1080 MHz
75.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6135 vs 81
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 553 vs 326

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 July 2014 vs 1 December 2004
Core clock speed	667 MHz vs 520 MHz
Texture fill rate	148.0 GTexel / s vs 8.32 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6135 vs 81
PassMark - G2D Mark	553 vs 326

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X850 XT

2.2x lower typical power consumption: 69 Watt vs 150 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	69 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K5200
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X850 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6135

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

553

326

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K5200	ATI Radeon X850 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	6135	81
PassMark - G2D Mark	553	326
Geekbench - OpenCL	19220
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 X850 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	R400
Code name	GK110B	R480
Launch date	22 July 2014	1 December 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,699.74
Place in performance rating	535	532
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	520 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,553 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	2304
Texture fill rate	148.0 GTexel / s	8.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	69 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	160 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
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0b
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.3 GB / s	34.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	1080 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3