Quadro 5000 SDI vs Quadro P3000 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking319not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency15.62no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGP104GF100
Market segmentMobile workstationWorkstation
Release date11 January 2017 (7 years ago)23 February 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$7,899

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 cores1280352
Core clock speed1088 MHz513 MHz
Boost clock speed1215 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,200 million3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt172 Watt
Texture fill rate97.2022.57
Floating-point processing power3.11 TFLOPS0.7223 TFLOPS
ROPs4840
TMUs8044

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 sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data248 mm
Widthno dataQuad-slot

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 amount6 GB2.5 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed1753 MHz750 MHz
Memory bandwidth168 GB/s120.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 outputs1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video, 2x SDI
Display Port1.4no data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-
3D Stereo+no data
Mosaic+no data
nView Display Management+no data
Optimus+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX1212 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA6.12.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 January 2017 23 February 2011
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2.5 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 172 Watt

P3000 Mobile has an age advantage of 5 years, a 140% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 150% more advanced lithography process, and 129.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro P3000 Mobile and Quadro 5000 SDI. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro P3000 Mobile is a mobile workstation card while Quadro 5000 SDI is a workstation one.


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