ATI Mach 64 GX vs Quadro K5000M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking542not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.30no data
Power efficiency5.01no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)no data
GPU code nameGK104Mach64 GX
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date7 August 2012 (12 years ago)1 January 1995 (29 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$329.99 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 cores1344no data
Core clock speed601 MHz10 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million1 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm600 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Wattno data
Texture fill rate67.31no data
Floating-point processing power1.615 TFLOPSno data
ROPs321
TMUs112no 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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCI
Widthno data1-slot

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 typeGDDR5VRAM
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed750 MHz10 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s80.0 MB/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 outputs1x DB13W3

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)None
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6None
OpenCL1.2None
Vulkan+-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 August 2012 1 January 1995
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 600 nm

K5000M has an age advantage of 17 years, a 204700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2042.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro K5000M and Mach 64 GX. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro K5000M is a mobile workstation card while Mach 64 GX is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro K5000M
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