NVIDIA Quadro 5000 vs AMD FirePro W5000

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Combined performance score

FirePro W5000
7.67
+54.3%

FirePro W5000 outperforms Quadro 5000 by 54% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking488592
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money4.350.25
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code namePitcairnGF100
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date7 August 2012 (11 years old)23 February 2011 (13 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 $2,499
Current price$141 (0.2x MSRP)$991 (0.4x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro W5000 has 1640% better value for money than Quadro 5000.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores768352
Core clock speed825 MHz513 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt152 Watt
Texture fill rate39.6022.57
Floating-point performance1,267 gflops722.3 gflops

Size and 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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length183 mm248 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Form factorfull height / half lengthno data
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2.5 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed3200 MHz3000 MHz
Memory bandwidth102.4 GB/s120.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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, 2x DisplayPort1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count2no data
Dual-link DVI support1no data

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDAno data2.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FirePro W5000 7.67
+54.3%
Quadro 5000 4.97

FirePro W5000 outperforms Quadro 5000 by 54% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

FirePro W5000 2973
+54.4%
Quadro 5000 1926

FirePro W5000 outperforms Quadro 5000 by 54% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

FirePro W5000 10275
+36.7%
Quadro 5000 7517

FirePro W5000 outperforms Quadro 5000 by 37% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 7.67 4.97
Recency 7 August 2012 23 February 2011
Cost $599 $2499
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2.5 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 152 Watt

The FirePro W5000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro 5000 in performance tests.


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