Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled vs Quadro M5000M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	353	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	12.95	no data
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code name	GM204	Vega 10
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Release date	18 August 2015 (10 years ago)	13 July 2017 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,489

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 cores	1,536	4096
Core clock speed	975 MHz	1382 MHz
Boost clock speed	1051 MHz	1600 MHz
Number of transistors	5,200 million	12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	375 Watt
Texture fill rate	93.60	409.6
Floating-point processing power	2.995 TFLOPS	13.11 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	64
TMUs	96	256
L1 Cache	576 KB	1 MB
L2 Cache	2 MB	4 MB

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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 8-pin

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	GDDR5	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2048 Bit
Memory clock speed	1253 MHz	945 MHz
Memory bandwidth	160 GB/s	483.8 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	-	+
Display Port	1.2	no data

Supported technologies

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

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

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.4
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	+	1.1.125
CUDA	5.2	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	18 August 2015	13 July 2017
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	375 Watt

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