ATI Radeon HD 5670 640SP Edition vs Quadro 5000
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 672 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.06 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 2.35 | no data |
| Architecture | Fermi (2010−2014) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | GF100 | Juniper |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 23 February 2011 (14 years ago) | 18 July 2010 (15 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $2,499 | $119 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 cores | 352 | 640 |
| Core clock speed | 513 MHz | 750 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,100 million | 1,040 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 152 Watt | 64 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 22.57 | 24.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.7223 TFLOPS | 0.96 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 40 | 8 |
| TMUs | 44 | 32 |
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 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 248 mm | 168 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | None |
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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2.5 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 320 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 750 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 120.0 GB/s | 64 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 | 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | 2.0 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 23 February 2011 | 18 July 2010 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2.5 GB | 512 MB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 152 Watt | 64 Watt |
Quadro 5000 has an age advantage of 7 months, and a 400% higher maximum VRAM amount.
ATI HD 5670 640SP Edition, on the other hand, has 137.5% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Quadro 5000 and Radeon HD 5670 640SP Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro 5000 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon HD 5670 640SP Edition is a desktop one.
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