GeForce RTX 4060 vs Quadro K5000

Aggregate performance score

Quadro K5000
2012
4 GB GDDR5, 122 Watt
10.31

GeForce RTX 4060 outperforms Quadro K5000 by a whopping 390% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking40750
Place by popularitynot in top-1003
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.0547.16
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Ada Lovelace
GPU code nameGK104AD107
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date17 August 2012 (11 years ago)18 May 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,499 $299
Current price$289 (0.1x MSRP)$340 (1.1x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 4060 has 1064% better value for money than Quadro K5000.

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 cores15363072
Core clock speed706 MHz1830 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2460 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)122 Watt115 Watt
Texture fill rate90.37236.2
Floating-point performance2,169 gflopsno data

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length267 mm240 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 12-pin

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 amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed5400 MHz17000 MHz
Memory bandwidth172.8 GB/s272.0 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 Connectors2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMIno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA3.08.9

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 10.31
RTX 4060 50.54
+390%

GeForce RTX 4060 outperforms Quadro K5000 by 390% 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
RTX 4060 19540
+390%

GeForce RTX 4060 outperforms Quadro K5000 by 390% in Passmark.

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 HD27−30
−437%
145
+437%
1440p14−16
−400%
70
+400%
4K9−10
−411%
46
+411%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.31 50.54
Recency 17 August 2012 18 May 2023
Cost $2499 $299
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 122 Watt 115 Watt

The GeForce RTX 4060 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro K5000 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro K5000 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 4060 is a desktop one.


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