Quadro M5000 SE vs GeForce RTX 3080

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking26not rated
Place by popularity87not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation46.20no data
Power efficiency14.74no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGA102GM204
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date1 September 2020 (4 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 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 cores87042048
Core clock speed1440 MHz861 MHz
Boost clock speed1710 MHz1038 MHz
Number of transistors28,300 million5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)320 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate465.1132.9
Floating-point processing power29.77 TFLOPS4.252 TFLOPS
ROPs9664
TMUs272128
Tensor Cores272no data
Ray Tracing Cores68no 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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length285 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-pin1x 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 typeGDDR6XGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount10 GB8 GB
Memory bus width320 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1188 MHz6612 MHz
Memory bandwidth760.3 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.2-
CUDA8.5-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 10 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 320 Watt 100 Watt

RTX 3080 has a 25% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

M5000 SE, on the other hand, has 220% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3080 and Quadro M5000 SE. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3080 is a desktop card while Quadro M5000 SE is a workstation one.


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