Quadro K5000 SYNC vs Quadro P400

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking679not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.75no data
Power efficiency9.75no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameGP107GK104
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date7 February 2017 (7 years ago)25 January 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$119.99 $3,299

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores2561536
Core clock speed1228 MHz706 MHz
Boost clock speed1252 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,300 million3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt122 Watt
Texture fill rate20.0390.37
Floating-point processing power0.641 TFLOPS2.169 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs16128

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
Length145 mm267 mm
Width1-slot3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 6-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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1002 MHz1350 MHz
Memory bandwidth32.06 GB/s172.8 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 Connectors3x mini-DisplayPort2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x SDI

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDA6.13.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 February 2017 25 January 2013
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 122 Watt

Quadro P400 has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 306.7% lower power consumption.

K5000 SYNC, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Quadro P400 and Quadro K5000 SYNC. We've got no test results to judge.


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