Quadro K5000 SYNC vs Radeon HD 8330

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1174not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.21no data
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameKalindiGK104
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date13 August 2013 (11 years ago)25 January 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$3,299

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 cores1281536
Core clock speed497 MHz706 MHz
Number of transistors1,178 million3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt122 Watt
Texture fill rate3.97690.37
Floating-point processing power0.1272 TFLOPS2.169 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs8128

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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
WidthIGP3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 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 typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared4 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1350 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data172.8 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 outputs2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x SDI

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.35.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDA-3.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 August 2013 25 January 2013
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 122 Watt

HD 8330 has an age advantage of 6 months, and 713.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8330 and Quadro K5000 SYNC. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 8330 is a desktop card while Quadro K5000 SYNC is a workstation one.


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AMD Radeon HD 8330
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