A16 PCIe vs Quadro K5000M

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking512not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.41no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameN14E-Q5GA107
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date1 June 2012 (11 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$329.99 no data
Current price$382 (1.2x MSRP)$3739

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores13442560
Core clock speed601 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1695 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate67.31135.6
Floating-point performance1,615 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro K5000M and A16 PCIe 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.

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data8-pin EPS

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 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed3000 MHz14.5 GB/s
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s231.9 GB/s
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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan+1.2
CUDA+8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 June 2012 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 250 Watt

We couldn't decide between Quadro K5000M and A16 PCIe. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro K5000M is a mobile workstation card while A16 PCIe is a desktop one.


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