Quadro K5000 Mac Edition vs GeForce 7500 LE

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1366not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameG72GK104
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date22 March 2006 (18 years ago)7 August 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,249

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data1536
Core clock speed475 MHz706 MHz
Number of transistors112 million3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data122 Watt
Texture fill rate3.80090.37
Floating-point processing powerno data2.169 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs8128

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin

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 typeDDR2GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount64 MB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed405 MHz1350 MHz
Memory bandwidth6.48 GB/s172.8 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (11_0)
Shader Model3.05.1
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA-3.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 March 2006 7 August 2012
Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 28 nm

K5000 Mac Edition has an age advantage of 6 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 7500 LE and Quadro K5000 Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 7500 LE is a desktop card while Quadro K5000 Mac Edition is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 7500 LE
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