AMD FirePro W5000 vs NVIDIA Quadro K5000

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Combined performance score

Quadro K5000
10.29
+34.2%

Quadro K5000 outperforms FirePro W5000 by 34% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking404488
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money3.894.35
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameGK104Pitcairn
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date17 August 2012 (11 years old)7 August 2012 (11 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,499 $599
Current price$289 (0.1x MSRP)$141 (0.2x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro W5000 has 12% better value for money than Quadro K5000.

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 cores1536768
Core clock speed706 MHz825 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)122 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate90.3739.60
Floating-point performance2,169 gflops1,267 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 supportno dataPCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mm183 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Form factorno datafull height / half length
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed5400 MHz3200 MHz
Memory bandwidth172.8 GB/s102.4 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 Connectors2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
DisplayPort countno data2
Dual-link DVI supportno data1

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+1.2.131
CUDA3.0no data

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.

Quadro K5000 10.29
+34.2%
FirePro W5000 7.67

Quadro K5000 outperforms FirePro W5000 by 34% 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%

Quadro K5000 3987
+34.1%
FirePro W5000 2973

Quadro K5000 outperforms FirePro W5000 by 34% 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%

Quadro K5000 11345
+10.4%
FirePro W5000 10275

Quadro K5000 outperforms FirePro W5000 by 10% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

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 Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Quadro K5000 11741
FirePro W5000 16955
+44.4%

FirePro W5000 outperforms Quadro K5000 by 44% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

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 10.29 7.67
Cost $2499 $599
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 122 Watt 75 Watt

The Quadro K5000 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro W5000 in performance tests.


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