RTX A2000 Max-Q vs Quadro K5200

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking341not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.21no data
Power efficiency7.25no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGK110BGA106
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date22 July 2014 (10 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,699.74 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 cores23042560
Core clock speed667 MHz682 MHz
Boost clock speed771 MHz1207 MHz
Number of transistors7,080 million12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt95 Watt
Texture fill rate148.096.56
Floating-point processing power3.553 TFLOPS6.18 TFLOPS
ROPs4848
TMUs19280
Tensor Coresno data80
Ray Tracing Coresno data20

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 4.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.3 GB/s176.0 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 Connectors2x DVI, 2x DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA3.58.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 July 2014 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 95 Watt

Quadro K5200 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX A2000 Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 57.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro K5200 and RTX A2000 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro K5200 is a workstation card while RTX A2000 Max-Q is a mobile workstation one.


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