GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q vs Quadro M5000M

Primary Details

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

Place in performance ranking286not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation7.55no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2018)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGM204GP107
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date2 October 2015 (8 years ago)1 February 2019 (5 years ago)
Current price$468 $1197

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 cores1,536768
Core clock speed962 MHz1366 MHz
Boost clock speed1051 MHz1442 MHz
Number of transistors5,200 million3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate93.6069.22
Floating-point performance2,995 gflopsno data

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on Quadro M5000M and GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 GB3 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed5000 MHz7008 MHz
Memory bandwidth160 GB/s84.1 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
Display Port1.2no data

Supported GPU Technologies

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

Optimus+no data
3D Vision Pro+no data
Mosaic+no data
nView Display Management+no data
Optimus+no data

API Compatibility

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

DirectX1212 (12_1)
Shader Model5.06.4
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+1.2.131
CUDA5.26.1

Pros & Cons Summary


Recency 2 October 2015 1 February 2019
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 75 Watt

We couldn't decide between Quadro M5000M and GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro M5000M is a mobile workstation card while GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q is a desktop one.


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