GeForce GTX 470 vs Quadro K5000

Place in performance ranking	405	479
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	3.93	8.13
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GK104	GF100
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	17 August 2012 (11 years old)	12 April 2010 (14 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,499	$349
Current price	$289 (0.1x MSRP)	$9.98 (0x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 470 has 107% 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 cores	1536	448
CUDA cores	no data	448
Core clock speed	706 MHz	607 MHz
Number of transistors	3,540 million	3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	122 Watt	225 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	no data	105 °C
Texture fill rate	90.37	34.0 billion/sec
Floating-point performance	2,169 gflops	1,088.6 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 support	no data	16x PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	9.5" (241 mm) (24.1 cm)
Height	no data	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	Two 6-pins
SLI options	no data	+

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1280 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	320 Bit
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz	1674 MHz (3348 data rate)
Memory bandwidth	172.8 GB/s	133.9 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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 Connectors	2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	Two Dual Link DVIMini HDMI
Multi monitor support	no data	+
HDMI	no data	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	no data	Internal

API support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.2
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	+	N/A
CUDA	3.0	+

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.

Quadro K5000 10.29
+28.3%

GTX 470 8.02

Quadro K5000 outperforms GeForce GTX 470 by 28% based on our aggregated 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
+28.4%

GTX 470 3106

Quadro K5000 outperforms GeForce GTX 470 by 28% 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 11366
+3.2%

GTX 470 11010

Quadro K5000 outperforms GeForce GTX 470 by 3% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

Quadro K5000 37

GTX 470 44
+18.9%

GeForce GTX 470 outperforms Quadro K5000 by 19% in Octane Render OctaneBench.

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:

900p	65−70 +25%	52 −25%
Full HD	80−85 +25%	64 −25%
1200p	65−70 +22.6%	53 −22.6%

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	10.29	8.02
Recency	17 August 2012	12 April 2010
Cost	$2499	$349
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1280 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	122 Watt	225 Watt