Quadro P5000 Max-Q vs GeForce GT 625M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1033not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.96no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGF117N17E-Q5 Max-Q
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date1 October 2012 (12 years ago)11 January 2017 (7 years ago)

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 cores962048
Core clock speedUp to 625 MHz1101 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1366 MHz
Number of transistors585 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate10.00no data
Floating-point processing power0.24 TFLOPSno data
ROPs4no data
TMUs16no data

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedlarge
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no 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 typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB16 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz6006 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 14.4 GB/sno data
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 outputsno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolutionUp to 2048x1536no data

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray+-
Optimus++

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API12_1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.5no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2012 11 January 2017
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 100 Watt

GT 625M has 566.7% lower power consumption.

P5000 Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 625M and Quadro P5000 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 625M is a notebook graphics card while Quadro P5000 Max-Q is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M
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