Quadro 5000 SDI vs M4000

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Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking297not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation11.19no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGM204GF100
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date29 June 2015 (9 years ago)23 February 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$791 $7,899
Current price$314 (0.4x MSRP)$144 (0x MSRP)

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 cores1664352
Core clock speed773 MHz513 MHz
Number of transistors5,200 million3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt172 Watt
Texture fill rate80.3922.57
Floating-point performance2,573 gflops722.3 gflops

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 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length241 mm248 mm
Width1" (2.5 cm)Quad-slot
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pinno data
SLI options+no 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB2.5 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed6008 MHz3000 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 192 GB/s120.0 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 ConnectorsDP DP DP DP 3-pin Stereo1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video, 2x SDI
Number of simultaneous displays4no data
Multi-display synchronizationQuadro Syncno data

Supported technologies

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

3D Vision Pro+no data
Mosaic+no data
High-Performance Video I/O6+no data
nView Desktop Management+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX1212 (11_0)
Shader Model55.1
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA5.22.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 June 2015 23 February 2011
Cost $791 $7899
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2.5 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 172 Watt

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