NVIDIA Quadro M5000 vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M5000 and ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2 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

ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M5000

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 29% higher core clock speed: 861 MHz vs 669 MHz
3.2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 2x 320
5x better floating-point performance: 4,252 gflops vs 2x 428.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
4x more memory clock speed: 6612 MHz vs 1656 MHz
11.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9411 vs 822
Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 660 vs 422

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 June 2015 vs 4 April 2008
Core clock speed	861 MHz vs 669 MHz
Pipelines	2048 vs 2x 320
Floating-point performance	4,252 gflops vs 2x 428.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6612 MHz vs 1656 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9411 vs 822
PassMark - G2D Mark	660 vs 422

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Around 59% higher texture fill rate: 2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 132.9 GTexel / s
Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 150 Watt

Texture fill rate	2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 132.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M5000
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9411

822

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

660

422

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M5000	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	9411	822
PassMark - G2D Mark	660	422
Geekbench - OpenCL	29561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	99.169
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1183.119
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	53.364
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	498.551
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	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GM204	RV670
Launch date	29 June 2015	4 April 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,856.99	$349
Place in performance rating	346	349
Price now	$1,498
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	7.47
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1038 MHz
Core clock speed	861 MHz	669 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,252 gflops	2x 428.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2048	2x 320
Texture fill rate	132.9 GTexel / s	2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DVI-I DP DP DP DP 3-pin Stereo, 1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Multi-display synchronization	Quadro Sync
Number of simultaneous displays	4
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	267 mm
SLI options	1
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin
Width	2" (5.1 cm)
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Shader Model	5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6612 MHz	1656 MHz
Memory type	256 Bit	GDDR3
Memory bandwidth		2x 53.0 GB / s
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
ECC (Error Correcting Code)
High-Performance Video I/O6
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management