Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
GeForce GTX 590 vs Quadro K5200
Combined performance score
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 ranking | 317 | 460 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Value for money | 5.77 | 0.46 |
Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | Fermi (2010−2014) |
GPU code name | GK110B | GF110 |
Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
Release date | 22 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) |
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 cores | 2304 | 1024 |
CUDA cores | no data | 1024 |
Core clock speed | 667 MHz | 607 MHz |
Boost clock speed | 771 MHz | no data |
Number of transistors | 7,080 million | 3,000 million |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 365 Watt |
Maximum GPU temperature | no data | 97 °C |
Texture fill rate | 148.0 | 77.7 billion/sec |
Floating-point performance | 3,553 gflops | 2x 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 support | no data | 16x PCI-E 2.0 |
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Length | 267 mm | 11" (280 mm) (27.9 cm) |
Height | no data | 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm) |
Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | Two 8-pin |
SLI options | no 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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU) |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 768-bit (384-bit per GPU) |
Memory clock speed | 6008 MHz | 1707 MHz |
Memory bandwidth | 192.3 GB/s | 327.7 GB/s |
Shared memory | no 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 Connectors | 2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort | Three Dual Link DVI-IMini DisplayPort |
Multi monitor support | no data | + |
HDMI | no data | + |
Maximum VGA resolution | no data | 2048x1536 |
Audio input for HDMI | no data | Internal |
API support
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 (11_0) |
Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.1 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.2 |
OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
Vulkan | + | N/A |
CUDA | 3.5 | + |
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 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 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 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:
900p | 80−85
+70.2%
| 47
−70.2%
|
Full HD | 190−200
+74.3%
| 109
−74.3%
|
1200p | 200−210
+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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