NVIDIA Quadro M5000 vs AMD FirePro W9000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M5000 and AMD FirePro W9000 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 M5000

AMD FirePro W9000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M5000

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 6% higher texture fill rate: 132.9 GTexel / s vs 124.8 GTexel / s
Around 6% better floating-point performance: 4,252 gflops vs 3,994 gflops
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 350 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 6612 MHz vs 5500 MHz
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9361 vs 6138
Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 99.169 vs 84.462
Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 498.551 vs 460.234

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 June 2015 vs 14 June 2012
Texture fill rate	132.9 GTexel / s vs 124.8 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	4,252 gflops vs 3,994 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 350 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed	6612 MHz vs 5500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9361 vs 6138
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	99.169 vs 84.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	498.551 vs 460.234

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W9000

Around 13% higher core clock speed: 975 MHz vs 861 MHz
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 720 vs 658
Around 8% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 31775 vs 29510
Around 47% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1734.394 vs 1183.119
Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 8.988 vs 7.899
Around 63% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 86.984 vs 53.364

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	975 MHz vs 861 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	720 vs 658
Geekbench - OpenCL	31775 vs 29510
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1734.394 vs 1183.119
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.988 vs 7.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	86.984 vs 53.364

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M5000
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W9000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9361

6138

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

658

720

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

29510

31775

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

99.169

84.462

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1183.119

1734.394

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

7.899

8.988

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

53.364

86.984

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

498.551

460.234

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M5000	AMD FirePro W9000
PassMark - G3D Mark	9361	6138
PassMark - G2D Mark	658	720
Geekbench - OpenCL	29510	31775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	99.169	84.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1183.119	1734.394
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.899	8.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	53.364	86.984
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	498.551	460.234
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12524
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3677
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3324
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12524
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3677
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3324

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro M5000	AMD FirePro W9000
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM204	Tahiti
Launch date	29 June 2015	14 June 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,856.99	$3,999
Place in performance rating	350	348
Price now	$1,498
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	7.47
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1038 MHz
Core clock speed	861 MHz	975 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,252 gflops	3,994 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	2048
Texture fill rate	132.9 GTexel / s	124.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DVI-I DP DP DP DP 3-pin Stereo, 1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI
Multi-display synchronization	Quadro Sync
Number of simultaneous displays	4
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	279 mm
SLI options	1
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width	2" (5.1 cm)
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Shader Model	5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	6612 MHz	5500 MHz
Memory type	256 Bit	GDDR5
Memory bandwidth		264 GB / s
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
ECC (Error Correcting Code)
High-Performance Video I/O6
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management