HD Graphics 4000 vs Quadro K5000

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Aggregate performance score

Quadro K5000
2012
4 GB GDDR5, 122 Watt
10.31
+781%

Quadro K5000 outperforms HD Graphics 4000 by a whopping 781% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking4071030
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.040.13
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Gen. 7 Ivy Bridge (2011−2012)
GPU code nameGK104Ivy Bridge
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date17 August 2012 (11 years ago)23 March 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,499 no data
Current price$289 (0.1x MSRP)$91

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro K5000 has 3008% better value for money than HD Graphics 4000.

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 cores153616
Core clock speed706 MHz350 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1350 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million1,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)122 Wattunknown
Texture fill rate90.3720.80
Floating-point performance2,169 gflops33.6 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro K5000 and HD Graphics 4000 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.

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Length267 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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount4 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 Bit64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed5400 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth172.8 GB/sno data
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 DisplayPortNo outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.1 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.64.0
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+1.1.80
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 10.31
+781%
HD Graphics 4000 1.17

Quadro K5000 outperforms HD Graphics 4000 by 781% 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
+778%
HD Graphics 4000 454

Quadro K5000 outperforms HD Graphics 4000 by 778% 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:

900p100−110
+733%
12
−733%
Full HD85−90
+750%
10
−750%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.31 1.17
Recency 17 August 2012 23 March 2011
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB System Shared
Chip lithography 28 nm 22 nm

The Quadro K5000 is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 4000 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro K5000 is a workstation card while HD Graphics 4000 is a notebook one.


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