GeForce 9800 GT vs Quadro M5000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro M5000 with GeForce 9800 GT, including specs and performance data.

Quadro M5000
2015
8 GB 256-bit, 150 Watt
24.29
+1859%

M5000 outperforms 9800 GT by a whopping 1859% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking2301040
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.090.07
Power efficiency11.100.68
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGM204G92
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date29 June 2015 (9 years ago)21 July 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,856.99 $160

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro M5000 has 4314% better value for money than 9800 GT.

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 cores2048112
Core clock speed861 MHz600 MHz
Boost clock speed1038 MHzno data
Number of transistors5,200 million754 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt105 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105 °C
Texture fill rate132.933.60
Floating-point processing power4.252 TFLOPS0.336 TFLOPS
ROPs6416
TMUs12856

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
Length267 mm229 mm
Heightno data1-slot
Width2" (5.1 cm)1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pin1x 6-pin
SLI options++

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 type256 BitGDDR3
Maximum RAM amount8 GB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1653 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 211 GB/s57.6 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 Connectors1x DVI, 4x DisplayPortHDTVDual Link DVI
Multi monitor supportno data+
Number of simultaneous displays4no data
Multi-display synchronizationQuadro Syncno data
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataS/PDIF

Supported technologies

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

ECC (Error Correcting Code)+no data
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 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX1211.1 (10_0)
Shader Model6.44.0
OpenGL4.52.1
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA5.2+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 M5000 24.29
+1859%
9800 GT 1.24

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

Quadro M5000 9360
+1858%
9800 GT 478

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 24.29 1.24
Recency 29 June 2015 21 July 2008
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 105 Watt

Quadro M5000 has a 1858.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

9800 GT, on the other hand, has 42.9% lower power consumption.

The Quadro M5000 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9800 GT in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro M5000 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce 9800 GT is a desktop one.


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