NVIDIA Quadro M5000 vs AMD Radeon R9 290

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M5000 and AMD Radeon R9 290 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 M5000

AMD Radeon R9 290

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M5000

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 83% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 275 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 32% higher memory clock speed: 6612 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9415 vs 8213
Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 99.169 vs 89.325
Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12524 vs 6300
Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12524 vs 6300

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 June 2015 vs 5 November 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 275 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	6612 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9415 vs 8213
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	99.169 vs 89.325
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12524 vs 6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12524 vs 6300

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290

Around 10% higher core clock speed: 947 MHz vs 861 MHz
Around 14% higher texture fill rate: 151.5 GTexel / s vs 132.9 GTexel / s
Around 25% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2048
Around 14% better floating-point performance: 4,849 gflops vs 4,252 gflops
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 766 vs 657
3.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 102277 vs 29564
Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1366.314 vs 1183.119
Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 10.034 vs 7.899
Around 85% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 98.765 vs 53.364
Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 540.645 vs 498.551
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3711 vs 3677
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 3324
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3711 vs 3677
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 3324

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	947 MHz vs 861 MHz
Texture fill rate	151.5 GTexel / s vs 132.9 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 2048
Floating-point performance	4,849 gflops vs 4,252 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	766 vs 657
Geekbench - OpenCL	102277 vs 29564
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1366.314 vs 1183.119
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	10.034 vs 7.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	98.765 vs 53.364
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	540.645 vs 498.551
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3711 vs 3677
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354 vs 3324
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3711 vs 3677
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354 vs 3324

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M5000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9415

8213

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

657

766

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

29564

102277

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

99.169

89.325

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1183.119

1366.314

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

7.899

10.034

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

53.364

98.765

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

498.551

540.645

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12524

6300

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3677

3711

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3324

3354

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12524

6300

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3677

3711

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3324

3354

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M5000	AMD Radeon R9 290
PassMark - G3D Mark	9415	8213
PassMark - G2D Mark	657	766
Geekbench - OpenCL	29564	102277
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	99.169	89.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1183.119	1366.314
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.899	10.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	53.364	98.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	498.551	540.645
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12524	6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3677	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3324	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12524	6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3677	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3324	3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3699

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro M5000	AMD Radeon R9 290
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	GM204	Hawaii
Launch date	29 June 2015	5 November 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,856.99	$399
Place in performance rating	345	342
Price now	$1,498
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	7.47
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1038 MHz
Core clock speed	861 MHz	947 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,252 gflops	4,849 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	2560
Texture fill rate	132.9 GTexel / s	151.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	275 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	6,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DVI-I DP DP DP DP 3-pin Stereo, 1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Multi-display synchronization	Quadro Sync
Number of simultaneous displays	4
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	275 mm
SLI options	1
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width	2" (5.1 cm)
API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Shader Model	5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	6612 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	256 Bit	GDDR5
Memory bandwidth		320.0 GB / s
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
ECC (Error Correcting Code)
High-Performance Video I/O6
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)