Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q vs Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated133
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data11.21
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code nameGP100N19E-Q5 MAX-Q
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date20 June 2016 (7 years ago)27 May 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$4,599 no data
Current price$1200 (0.3x MSRP)$2130

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 cores35843072
Core clock speed1190 MHz600 - 930 MHz
Boost clock speed1329 MHz1350 - 1455 MHz
Number of transistors15,300 million13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt80 - 90 Watt
Texture fill rate297.7259.2
Floating-point performance10,609 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB and Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q 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 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinNone

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 typeHBM2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount12 GB16 GB
Memory bus width3072 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1430 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth549.1 GB/s448.0 GB/s
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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
G-SYNC supportno data+

Supported technologies

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

VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA6.07.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 June 2016 27 May 2019
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 80 Watt

We couldn't decide between Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB and Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB is a workstation card while Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB
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