GeForce GTX 780 vs Quadro M5000

Place in performance ranking	209	246
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	8.14	16.88
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	GM204	GK110
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	29 June 2015 (8 years ago)	23 May 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,856.99	$649
Current price	$823 (0.3x MSRP)	$100 (0.2x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 780 has 107% better value for money than Quadro M5000.

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 cores	2048	2304
CUDA cores	no data	2304
Core clock speed	861 MHz	863 MHz
Boost clock speed	1038 MHz	900 MHz
Number of transistors	5,200 million	7,080 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	250 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	no data	95 °C
Texture fill rate	132.9	160.5 billion/sec
Floating-point performance	4,252 gflops	4,156 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).

Bus support	no data	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Height	no data	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width	2" (5.1 cm)	2-slot
Minimum recommended system power	no data	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	One 8-pin and one 6-pin
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 type	256 Bit	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	3 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	6612 MHz	6008 MHz
Memory bandwidth	Up to 211 GB/s	288.4 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 Connectors	DVI-I DP DP DP DP 3-pin Stereo	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	no data	4 displays
Number of simultaneous displays	4	no data
Multi-display synchronization	Quadro Sync	no data
HDMI	no data	+
HDCP	no data	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	no data	Internal

Supported technologies

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

Blu Ray 3D	no data	+
3D Gaming	no data	+
3D Vision	no data	+
PhysX	no data	+
3D Vision Live	no data	+
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 graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	+	1.1.126
CUDA	5.2	+

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 M5000 24.31
+17.4%

GTX 780 20.71

Quadro M5000 outperforms GeForce GTX 780 by 17% based on our aggregated 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 M5000 9397
+17.4%

GTX 780 8007

Quadro M5000 outperforms GeForce GTX 780 by 17% 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 M5000 28353
+21.3%

GTX 780 23375

Quadro M5000 outperforms GeForce GTX 780 by 21% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Quadro M5000 33026
+56.7%

GTX 780 21079

Quadro M5000 outperforms GeForce GTX 780 by 57% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Benchmark coverage: 4%

Quadro M5000 24565
+36.1%

GTX 780 18049

Quadro M5000 outperforms GeForce GTX 780 by 36% in GeekBench 5 CUDA.

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

Quadro M5000 85
+1.2%

GTX 780 84

Quadro M5000 outperforms GeForce GTX 780 by 1% in Octane Render OctaneBench.