RTX A5000 Mobile vs Quadro 5000

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro 5000 with RTX A5000 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

Quadro 5000
2011
2.5 GB GDDR5, 152 Watt
5.01

RTX A5000 Mobile outperforms Quadro 5000 by a whopping 692% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking59799
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.27no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameGF100GA104
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date23 February 2011 (13 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,499 no data
Current price$991 (0.4x MSRP)no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

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 cores3526144
Core clock speed513 MHz1215 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1770 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)152 Watt165 Watt (80 - 150 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate22.57302.4
Floating-point performance722.3 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro 5000 and RTX A5000 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length248 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2.5 GB16 GB
Memory bus width320 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed3000 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth120.0 GB/s448.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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, 2x DisplayPortNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA2.08.6

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD12−14
−800%
108
+800%
1440p8−9
−725%
66
+725%
4K6−7
−700%
48
+700%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
−686%
550−600
+686%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 70−75
−686%
550−600
+686%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 76
−689%
600−650
+689%
Battlefield 5 120−130
−681%
1000−1050
+681%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
−650%
600−650
+650%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
−686%
550−600
+686%
Far Cry 5 85−90
−656%
650−700
+656%
Far Cry New Dawn 95−100
−665%
750−800
+665%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
−667%
1150−1200
+667%
Hitman 3 80−85
−632%
600−650
+632%
Horizon Zero Dawn 181
−673%
1400−1450
+673%
Metro Exodus 110−120
−652%
850−900
+652%
Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100
−689%
750−800
+689%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 231
−679%
1800−1850
+679%
Watch Dogs: Legion 64
−681%
500−550
+681%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 70−75
−686%
550−600
+686%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 64
−681%
500−550
+681%
Battlefield 5 120−130
−681%
1000−1050
+681%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
−650%
600−650
+650%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
−686%
550−600
+686%
Far Cry 5 85−90
−656%
650−700
+656%
Far Cry New Dawn 95−100
−665%
750−800
+665%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
−667%
1150−1200
+667%
Hitman 3 40
−650%
300−310
+650%
Horizon Zero Dawn 160−170
−676%
1250−1300
+676%
Metro Exodus 39
−669%
300−310
+669%
Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100
−689%
750−800
+689%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 192
−681%
1500−1550
+681%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 150
−667%
1150−1200
+667%
Watch Dogs: Legion 95−100
−673%
750−800
+673%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 70−75
−686%
550−600
+686%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 55
−627%
400−450
+627%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
−650%
600−650
+650%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
−686%
550−600
+686%
Far Cry 5 85−90
−656%
650−700
+656%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
−667%
1150−1200
+667%
Horizon Zero Dawn 133
−689%
1050−1100
+689%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 160
−681%
1250−1300
+681%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 90
−678%
700−750
+678%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45
−678%
350−400
+678%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100
−689%
750−800
+689%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 75−80
−679%
600−650
+679%
Far Cry New Dawn 90−95
−653%
700−750
+653%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
−598%
300−310
+598%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 44
−582%
300−310
+582%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 60−65
−638%
450−500
+638%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
−681%
250−260
+681%
Far Cry 5 79
−659%
600−650
+659%
Forza Horizon 4 80−85
−683%
650−700
+683%
Hitman 3 50−55
−669%
400−450
+669%
Horizon Zero Dawn 85−90
−647%
650−700
+647%
Metro Exodus 62
−626%
450−500
+626%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 129
−675%
1000−1050
+675%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 55−60
−676%
450−500
+676%
Watch Dogs: Legion 43
−598%
300−310
+598%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 65−70
−635%
500−550
+635%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 40−45
−650%
300−310
+650%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−35
−665%
260−270
+665%
Hitman 3 38
−689%
300−310
+689%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−600%
350−400
+600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 38
−689%
300−310
+689%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 58
−676%
450−500
+676%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30
−678%
210−220
+678%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 29
−659%
220−230
+659%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 24−27
−660%
190−200
+660%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−686%
110−120
+686%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−683%
180−190
+683%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
−627%
400−450
+627%
Horizon Zero Dawn 63
−614%
450−500
+614%
Metro Exodus 43
−598%
300−310
+598%
Watch Dogs: Legion 26
−669%
200−210
+669%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
−671%
270−280
+671%

This is how Quadro 5000 and RTX A5000 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX A5000 Mobile is 800% faster in 1080p
  • RTX A5000 Mobile is 725% faster in 1440p
  • RTX A5000 Mobile is 700% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.01 39.69
Recency 23 February 2011 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 2.5 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 152 Watt 165 Watt

The RTX A5000 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro 5000 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro 5000 is a workstation card while RTX A5000 Mobile is a notebook one.


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