Quadro M5000 SE vs GeForce GTX 970M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking351not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency13.21no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGM204GM204
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date7 October 2014 (10 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,560.89 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores12802048
Core clock speed924 MHz861 MHz
Boost clock speed1038 MHz1038 MHz
Number of transistors5,200 million5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)unknown100 Watt
Texture fill rate83.04132.9
Floating-point processing power2.657 TFLOPS4.252 TFLOPS
ROPs4864
TMUs80128

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 sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin
SLI options+-

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 amount3 GB8 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed2500 MHz6612 MHz
Memory bandwidth120 GB/s211.6 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 outputs1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort
VGA аnalog display support+no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support+no data
HDMI+-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

GameStream+-
GeForce ShadowPlay+-
GPU Boost2.0no data
GameWorks+-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-
BatteryBoost+-
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.1no data
Vulkan1.1.126-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 8 GB

M5000 SE has a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 970M and Quadro M5000 SE. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 970M is a notebook card while Quadro M5000 SE is a workstation one.


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