RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile vs Quadro RTX 5000

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Aggregate performance score

RTX 5000
2018
16 GB GDDR6, 230 Watt
41.43
+21.5%

Quadro RTX 5000 outperforms RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile by a significant 21% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking85142
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation17.71no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2021)Ada Lovelace
GPU code nameTU104no data
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date13 August 2018 (5 years ago)21 March 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,299 no data
Current price$1540 (0.7x MSRP)no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores30724608
Core clock speed1620 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1815 MHzno data
Number of transistors13,600 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)230 Watt115 Watt (35 - 115 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate348.5no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro RTX 5000 and RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile 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 datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data-

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 Connectors4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-Cno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 Ultimate
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131no data
CUDA7.5no data

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 41.43 34.10
Recency 13 August 2018 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 230 Watt 115 Watt

The Quadro RTX 5000 is our recommended choice as it beats the RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro RTX 5000 is a workstation card while RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile is a notebook one.


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