GeForce GTX 960M vs Quadro P5000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro P5000 with GeForce GTX 960M, including specs and performance data.

Quadro P5000
2016
16 GB GDDR5, 100 Watt
32.25
+267%

Quadro P5000 outperforms GTX 960M by a whopping 267% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Contents

Quadro P5000 Quadro P5000
GTX 960M GTX 960M

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking159459
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation10.371.49
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code nameGP104N16P-GX
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date1 October 2016 (7 years ago)12 March 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,499 no data
Current price$1270 (0.5x MSRP)$799

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro P5000 has 596% better value for money than GTX 960M.

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 cores2048640
CUDA coresno data640
Core clock speed1607 MHz1096 MHz
Boost clock speed1733 MHz1202 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate277.347.04
Floating-point performance8,873 gflops1,505 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro P5000 and GeForce GTX 960M 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 sizeno datamedium sized
Bus supportno dataPCI Express 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-B (3.0)
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno data
SLI optionsno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount16 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed9016 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth192 GB/s80 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 Connectors1x DVI, 4x DisplayPortNo outputs
VGA аnalog display supportno data+
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportno data+
HDMIno data+
Display Port1.4no data

Supported technologies

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

GameStreamno data+
GeForce ShadowPlayno data+
GPU Boostno data2.0
GameWorksno data+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoderno data+
Optimus++
BatteryBoostno data+
3D Stereo+no data
Mosaic+no data
nView Display Management+no data
Optimus+no data
Anselno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX1212 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.54.5
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDA6.1+

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 P5000 32.25
+267%
GTX 960M 8.79

Quadro P5000 outperforms GeForce GTX 960M by 267% based on our aggregate 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 P5000 12455
+267%
GTX 960M 3395

Quadro P5000 outperforms GeForce GTX 960M by 267% 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 P5000 49123
+357%
GTX 960M 10755

Quadro P5000 outperforms GeForce GTX 960M by 357% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

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 Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Quadro P5000 54983
+519%
GTX 960M 8878

Quadro P5000 outperforms GeForce GTX 960M by 519% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

GeekBench 5 CUDA

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 CUDA API by NVIDIA.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

Quadro P5000 45153
+282%
GTX 960M 11818

Quadro P5000 outperforms GeForce GTX 960M by 282% in GeekBench 5 CUDA.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p300−350
+216%
95
−216%
Full HD88
+144%
36
−144%
1440p50−55
+257%
14
−257%
4K41
+193%
14
−193%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 55−60 no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 55−60 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 55−60 no data
Battlefield 5 100−110 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 55−60 no data
Far Cry 5 70−75 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 80−85 no data
Forza Horizon 4 130−140 no data
Hitman 3 65−70 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 120−130 no data
Metro Exodus 95−100 no data
Red Dead Redemption 2 80−85 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 110−120 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90 no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 55−60 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 55−60 no data
Battlefield 5 100−110 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 55−60 no data
Far Cry 5 70−75 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 80−85 no data
Forza Horizon 4 130−140 no data
Hitman 3 65−70 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 120−130 no data
Metro Exodus 95−100 no data
Red Dead Redemption 2 80−85 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 110−120 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 98 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90 no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 55−60 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 55−60 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 55−60 no data
Far Cry 5 70−75 no data
Forza Horizon 4 130−140 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 120−130 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 110−120 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 53 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90 no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 80−85 no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 60−65 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 70−75 no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24 no data
Far Cry 5 55−60 no data
Forza Horizon 4 65−70 no data
Hitman 3 40−45 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 65−70 no data
Metro Exodus 60−65 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 75−80 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 24−27 no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 55−60 no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27 no data
Hitman 3 24−27 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 36 no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18−20 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10 no data
Far Cry 5 18−20 no data
Forza Horizon 4 40−45 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40 no data
Metro Exodus 30−35 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 14−16 no data

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30 no data

This is how Quadro P5000 and GTX 960M compete in popular games:

  • Quadro P5000 is 216% faster in 900p
  • Quadro P5000 is 144% faster in 1080p
  • Quadro P5000 is 257% faster in 1440p
  • Quadro P5000 is 193% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 32.25 8.79
Recency 1 October 2016 12 March 2015
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 75 Watt

The Quadro P5000 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 960M in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro P5000 is a workstation card while GeForce GTX 960M is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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