Radeon HD 8470D vs Quadro K5000

Place in performance ranking	406	1083
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.24	0.05
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Terascale 3 (2010−2013)
GPU code name	GK104	Richland
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	17 August 2012 (11 years ago)	5 June 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,499	no data
Current price	$289 (0.1x MSRP)	$37

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro K5000 has 8380% better value for money than HD 8470D.

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 cores	1536	128
Core clock speed	706 MHz	800 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	850 MHz
Number of transistors	3,540 million	1,303 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	122 Watt	65 Watt
Texture fill rate	90.37	10.20
Floating-point performance	2,169 gflops	no 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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	IGP
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no 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 type	GDDR5	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	256 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	172.8 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	no 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 Connectors

2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

No outputs

API compatibility

List of supported graphics 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	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	+	N/A
CUDA	3.0	no 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 10.32
+998%

HD 8470D 0.94

Quadro K5000 outperforms Radeon HD 8470D by 998% based on our aggregate 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 3986
+995%

HD 8470D 364

Quadro K5000 outperforms Radeon HD 8470D by 995% 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 HD

160−170
+967%

−967%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	1−2	0−1
Hitman 3	3−4	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +1200%	1−2 −1200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11	0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	1−2	0−1
Hitman 3	3−4	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +1200%	1−2 −1200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11	0−1

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	1−2	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +1200%	1−2 −1200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11	0−1

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

1−2

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	0−1	0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	0−1
Hitman 3	7−8	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	0−1