GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB vs Quadro K5000M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking540not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.16no data
Power efficiency5.02no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGK104GP107
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date7 August 2012 (12 years ago)1 February 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$329.99 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 cores1344768
Core clock speed601 MHz1366 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1442 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate67.3169.22
Floating-point processing power1.615 TFLOPS2.215 TFLOPS
ROPs3224
TMUs11248

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
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x16

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 amount4 GB3 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed750 MHz1752 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s84.1 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 outputsNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+1.2
CUDA+6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 August 2012 1 February 2019
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 75 Watt

K5000M has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 33.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro K5000M and GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro K5000M is a mobile workstation card while GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA Quadro K5000M
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