Quadro M5000 vs Radeon R9 390 X2
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 287 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 1.33 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 11.58 |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) |
| GPU code name | Grenada | GM204 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 3 September 2015 (11 years ago) | 29 June 2015 (11 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,399 | $2,856.99 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2560 ×2 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 1000 MHz | 861 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1038 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 6,200 million | 5,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 580 Watt | 150 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 160.0 ×2 | 132.9 |
| Floating-point processing power | 5.12 TFLOPS ×2 | 4.252 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 ×2 | 64 |
| TMUs | 160 ×2 | 128 |
| L1 Cache | 640 KB | 768 KB |
| L2 Cache | 1024 KB | 2 MB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | 3-slot | 2" (5.1 cm) |
| Supplementary power connectors | 4x 8-pin | 1 x 6-pin |
| SLI options | - | + |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | 256 Bit |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB ×2 | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 512 Bit ×2 | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1350 MHz | 1653 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 345.6 GB/s ×2 | Up to 211 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort |
| Number of simultaneous displays | no data | 4 |
| Multi-display synchronization | no data | Quadro Sync |
| HDMI | + | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| ECC (Error Correcting Code) | no data | + |
| 3D Vision Pro | no data | + |
| Mosaic | no data | + |
| High-Performance Video I/O6 | no data | + |
| nView Desktop Management | no data | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.1.126 |
| CUDA | - | 5.2 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 3 September 2015 | 29 June 2015 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 580 Watt | 150 Watt |
R9 390 X2 has an age advantage of 2 months.
Quadro M5000, on the other hand, has 287% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 390 X2 and Quadro M5000. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon R9 390 X2 is a desktop graphics card while Quadro M5000 is a workstation one.
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