Quadro K5000 SYNC vs Tesla P4

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking237not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency21.36no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameGP104GK104
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date13 September 2016 (8 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 cores25601536
Core clock speed886 MHz706 MHz
Boost clock speed1114 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,200 million3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt122 Watt
Texture fill rate178.290.37
Floating-point processing power5.704 TFLOPS2.169 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs160128

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 2.0 x16
Length168 mm267 mm
Width1-slot3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1350 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.3 GB/s172.8 GB/s

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_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDA6.13.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 September 2016 25 January 2013
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 122 Watt

Tesla P4 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 62.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla P4 and Quadro K5000 SYNC. We've got no test results to judge.


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