GeForce GTX 590 vs Quadro K5200

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Combined performance score

Quadro K5200
15.52
+80%

Quadro K5200 outperforms GeForce GTX 590 by 80% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking317460
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money5.770.46
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGK110BGF110
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date22 July 2014 (9 years old)24 March 2011 (13 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,699.74 $699
Current price$451 (0.3x MSRP)$600 (0.9x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro K5200 has 1154% better value for money than GTX 590.

Technical specs

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 cores23041024
CUDA coresno data1024
Core clock speed667 MHz607 MHz
Boost clock speed771 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,080 million3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt365 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data97 °C
Texture fill rate148.077.7 billion/sec
Floating-point performance3,553 gflops2x 1,244.2 gflops

Size and 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).

Bus supportno data16x PCI-E 2.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length267 mm11" (280 mm) (27.9 cm)
Heightno data4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinTwo 8-pin
SLI optionsno data+

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU)
Memory bus width256 Bit768-bit (384-bit per GPU)
Memory clock speed6008 MHz1707 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.3 GB/s327.7 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Video outputs and ports

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 DisplayPortThree Dual Link DVI-IMini DisplayPort
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMIno data+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.2
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA3.5+

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 K5200 15.52
+80%
GTX 590 8.62

Quadro K5200 outperforms GeForce GTX 590 by 80% in our combined 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 K5200 6014
+80%
GTX 590 3341

Quadro K5200 outperforms GeForce GTX 590 by 80% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

Quadro K5200 18300
+53.1%
GTX 590 11950

Quadro K5200 outperforms GeForce GTX 590 by 53% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

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:

900p80−85
+70.2%
47
−70.2%
Full HD190−200
+74.3%
109
−74.3%
1200p200−210
+78.6%
112
−78.6%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 15.52 8.62
Recency 22 July 2014 24 March 2011
Cost $1699.74 $699
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU)
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 365 Watt

The Quadro K5200 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 590 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro K5200 is a workstation card while GeForce GTX 590 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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