RTX 4000 Ada Generation vs Quadro P5000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro P5000 and RTX 4000 Ada Generation, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Quadro P5000
2016
16 GB GDDR5, 100 Watt
32.60

RTX 4000 Ada Generation outperforms P5000 by an impressive 96% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking16529
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.24no data
Power efficiency12.5934.23
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGP104AD104
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date1 October 2016 (8 years ago)9 August 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,499 no data

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 cores20486144
Core clock speed1607 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speed1733 MHz2175 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt130 Watt
Texture fill rate277.3417.6
Floating-point processing power8.873 TFLOPS26.73 TFLOPS
ROPs6480
TMUs160192
Tensor Coresno data192
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

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 4.0 x16
Length267 mm245 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1x 16-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB20 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit160 Bit
Memory clock speed1127 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth192 GB/s360.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a
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 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.8
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA6.18.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 32.60
RTX 4000 Ada Generation 64.01
+96.3%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

Quadro P5000 12578
RTX 4000 Ada Generation 24696
+96.3%

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.

Quadro P5000 52705
RTX 4000 Ada Generation 148452
+182%

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.

Quadro P5000 56137
RTX 4000 Ada Generation 120789
+115%

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:

Full HD96
−87.5%
180−190
+87.5%
4K39
−92.3%
75−80
+92.3%

Cost per frame, $

1080p26.03no data
4K64.08no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 55−60
−81.8%
100−105
+81.8%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 70−75
−85.7%
130−140
+85.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 55−60
−78.6%
100−105
+78.6%
Battlefield 5 100−110
−90.5%
200−210
+90.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70
−81.8%
120−130
+81.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 55−60
−81.8%
100−105
+81.8%
Far Cry 5 70−75
−94.4%
140−150
+94.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 80−85
−95.1%
160−170
+95.1%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
−74.4%
300−310
+74.4%
Hitman 3 65−70
−91.2%
130−140
+91.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn 140−150
−91.5%
270−280
+91.5%
Metro Exodus 100−110
−94.4%
210−220
+94.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2 80−85
−87.5%
150−160
+87.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 110−120
−93%
220−230
+93%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
−94.9%
230−240
+94.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 70−75
−85.7%
130−140
+85.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 55−60
−78.6%
100−105
+78.6%
Battlefield 5 100−110
−90.5%
200−210
+90.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70
−81.8%
120−130
+81.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 55−60
−81.8%
100−105
+81.8%
Far Cry 5 70−75
−94.4%
140−150
+94.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 80−85
−95.1%
160−170
+95.1%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
−74.4%
300−310
+74.4%
Hitman 3 65−70
−91.2%
130−140
+91.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn 140−150
−91.5%
270−280
+91.5%
Metro Exodus 100−110
−94.4%
210−220
+94.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2 80−85
−87.5%
150−160
+87.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 110−120
−93%
220−230
+93%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65−70
−91.2%
130−140
+91.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
−94.9%
230−240
+94.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 70−75
−85.7%
130−140
+85.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 55−60
−78.6%
100−105
+78.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70
−81.8%
120−130
+81.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 55−60
−81.8%
100−105
+81.8%
Far Cry 5 70−75
−94.4%
140−150
+94.4%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
−74.4%
300−310
+74.4%
Hitman 3 65−70
−91.2%
130−140
+91.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn 140−150
−91.5%
270−280
+91.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 110−120
−93%
220−230
+93%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 53
−88.7%
100−105
+88.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
−94.9%
230−240
+94.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 80−85
−87.5%
150−160
+87.5%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 60−65
−80.3%
110−120
+80.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 45−50
−93.9%
95−100
+93.9%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
−91.2%
65−70
+91.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
−91.2%
65−70
+91.2%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
−84.2%
70−75
+84.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−95.7%
45−50
+95.7%
Far Cry 5 35−40
−89.2%
70−75
+89.2%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
−88.2%
350−400
+88.2%
Hitman 3 40−45
−87.5%
75−80
+87.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 65−70
−88.4%
130−140
+88.4%
Metro Exodus 60−65
−80.3%
110−120
+80.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 75−80
−86.7%
140−150
+86.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
−93.2%
85−90
+93.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion 170−180
−76.5%
300−310
+76.5%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 55−60
−81.8%
100−105
+81.8%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
−87.5%
60−65
+87.5%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
−92.3%
50−55
+92.3%
Hitman 3 24−27
−92.3%
50−55
+92.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 150−160
−88.7%
300−310
+88.7%
Metro Exodus 35−40
−92.3%
75−80
+92.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 36
−94.4%
70−75
+94.4%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−90.5%
40−45
+90.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18−20
−84.2%
35−40
+84.2%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
−75%
35−40
+75%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
−77.8%
16−18
+77.8%
Far Cry 5 18−20
−94.4%
35−40
+94.4%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−93.2%
85−90
+93.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45
−90.5%
80−85
+90.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 14−16
−80%
27−30
+80%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
−78.6%
50−55
+78.6%

This is how Quadro P5000 and RTX 4000 Ada Generation compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4000 Ada Generation is 88% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4000 Ada Generation is 92% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 32.60 64.01
Recency 1 October 2016 9 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 20 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 130 Watt

Quadro P5000 has 30% lower power consumption.

RTX 4000 Ada Generation, on the other hand, has a 96.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 25% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX 4000 Ada Generation is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro P5000 in performance tests.


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