XGI Volari V3 vs Quadro K5000

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking440not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.64no data
Power efficiency5.82no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)XG4 (2003−2005)
GPU code nameGK104XG42
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date17 August 2012 (12 years ago)15 September 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,499 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1536no data
Core clock speed706 MHz200 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million25 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)122 Wattno data
Texture fill rate90.370.8
Floating-point processing power2.169 TFLOPSno data
ROPs322
TMUs1284

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 x16AGP 8x
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount4 GB128 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1350 MHz200 MHz
Memory bandwidth172.8 GB/s6.4 GB/s

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 DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)8.1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.61.3
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA3.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 August 2012 15 September 2003
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 130 nm

Quadro K5000 has an age advantage of 8 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro K5000 and XGI Volari V3. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro K5000 is a workstation graphics card while XGI Volari V3 is a desktop one.


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