Radeon R7 265X OEM vs Quadro K5000
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 500 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.27 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 6.03 | no data |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | GK104 | Curacao |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 17 August 2012 (13 years ago) | 12 August 2014 (11 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $2,499 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 1536 | 1280 |
| Core clock speed | 706 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 706 MHz | 925 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,540 million | 2,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 122 Watt | 150 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 90.37 | 74.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.169 TFLOPS | 2.368 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 128 | 80 |
| L1 Cache | 128 KB | 320 KB |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | 512 KB |
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 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 210 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 6-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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1350 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 172.8 GB/s | 179.2 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 1.2 | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 (5.1) | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | + | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 3.0 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 17 August 2012 | 12 August 2014 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 2 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 122 Watt | 150 Watt |
Quadro K5000 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 23% lower power consumption.
R7 265X OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.
We couldn't decide between Quadro K5000 and Radeon R7 265X OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro K5000 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon R7 265X OEM is a desktop one.
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