NVIDIA Quadro M5000 vs NVIDIA Quadro CX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M5000 and NVIDIA Quadro CX 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

NVIDIA Quadro CX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M5000

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 43% higher core clock speed: 861 MHz vs 602 MHz
3.5x more texture fill rate: 132.9 GTexel / s vs 38.5 GTexel / s
10.7x more pipelines: 2048 vs 192
9.2x better floating-point performance: 4,252 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
5.3x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 1536 MB
4.1x more memory clock speed: 6612 MHz vs 1600 MHz
10x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9437 vs 947
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 659 vs 454

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 June 2015 vs 11 November 2008
Core clock speed	861 MHz vs 602 MHz
Texture fill rate	132.9 GTexel / s vs 38.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 192
Floating-point performance	4,252 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 1536 MB
Memory clock speed	6612 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9437 vs 947
PassMark - G2D Mark	659 vs 454

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M5000
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro CX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9437

947

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

659

454

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M5000	NVIDIA Quadro CX
PassMark - G3D Mark	9437	947
PassMark - G2D Mark	659	454
Geekbench - OpenCL	29578
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	NVIDIA Quadro CX
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GM204	GT200B
Launch date	29 June 2015	11 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,856.99	$1,999
Place in performance rating	342	340
Price now	$1,498	$149.95
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	7.47	8.20
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1038 MHz
Core clock speed	861 MHz	602 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,252 gflops	462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2048	192
Texture fill rate	132.9 GTexel / s	38.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	1,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DVI-I DP DP DP DP 3-pin Stereo, 1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 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	1x 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	1536 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	6612 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	256 Bit	GDDR3
Memory bandwidth		76.8 GB / s
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
ECC (Error Correcting Code)
High-Performance Video I/O6
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management