NVIDIA Tesla K10 vs NVIDIA Quadro 5000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K10 and NVIDIA Quadro 5000 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: 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K10

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 45% higher core clock speed: 745 MHz vs 513 MHz
  • 13.1x more texture fill rate: 2x 95.36 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 22.57 GTexel / s
  • 8.7x more pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 352
  • 6.3x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,289 gflops vs 722.3 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 3.2x more maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 2560 MB
  • Around 67% higher memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 3000 MHz
  • Around 91% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 14029 vs 7349
  • 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 40.736 vs 16.451
  • Around 91% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 975.508 vs 511.131
  • Around 76% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.39 vs 1.925
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3632 vs 3104
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3632 vs 3104
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 3316
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 3316
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 May 2012 vs 23 February 2011
Core clock speed 745 MHz vs 513 MHz
Texture fill rate 2x 95.36 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 22.57 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2x 1536 vs 352
Floating-point performance 2x 2,289 gflops vs 722.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 2x 4 GB vs 2560 MB
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz vs 3000 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 14029 vs 7349
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 40.736 vs 16.451
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 975.508 vs 511.131
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.39 vs 1.925
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3632 vs 3104
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3632 vs 3104
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 vs 3316
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 vs 3316

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 5000

  • Around 48% lower typical power consumption: 152 Watt vs 225 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 152 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K10
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro 5000

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
14029
7349
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
40.736
16.451
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
975.508
511.131
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.39
1.925
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3632
3104
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3632
3104
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3316
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3316
Name NVIDIA Tesla K10 NVIDIA Quadro 5000
Geekbench - OpenCL 14029 7349
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 40.736 16.451
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 975.508 511.131
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.39 1.925
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3632 3104
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3632 3104
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 3316
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 3316
PassMark - G3D Mark 1935
PassMark - G2D Mark 386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 17.065
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 46.591
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2602
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2602

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Tesla K10 NVIDIA Quadro 5000

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Fermi
Code name GK104 GF100
Launch date 1 May 2012 23 February 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $5,099 $2,499
Place in performance rating 978 980
Type Workstation Workstation
Price now $268
Value for money (0-100) 12.71

Technical info

Core clock speed 745 MHz 513 MHz
Floating-point performance 2x 2,289 gflops 722.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 2x 1536 352
Texture fill rate 2x 95.36 GTexel / s billion / sec 22.57 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt 152 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million 3,100 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 272 mm 248 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2x 4 GB 2560 MB
Memory bandwidth 2x 160.0 GB / s 120.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 2x 256 Bit 320 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 3000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5